Breeana Puttroff [Dusk Gate C Canes of Divergence (epub)

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.”“What makes you think her mother doesn’t care?”“Would you let your daughter run off to another country to live with an uncle she never even knew about before? A stranger?”Alvin lifted one shoulder.“I’d hardly call Nathaniel a stranger.”Zander’s jaw fell so far that he was afraid he was going to get gravel on it.“How could you know that? Who are you? What do you know about all of this?”“That’s a lot of questions.”“I want some answers.”Alvin cocked his head to one side; Zander felt as if he were being studied.“What do you plan to do with those answers once you find them?”“Why do you care?”“Why do you care, Zander? What difference does it make to you why Megan Robbins allowed her daughter to go and live somewhere else with her family?”“She was my girlfriend.”“Was, being the operative word.I have it on good authority that Quinn ended that in the best way she knew how.”“She was my friend, too.”“Was she really? Were you treating her the way you would treat a friend?”“I thought she was cheating on me! She was running around behind my back and lying to me.”“Perhaps.” Alvin nodded.“But what does that have to do with what you did?”“What do you mean? I didn’t do anything.Anybody would have been mad if their girlfriend lied and cheated on them.”“Many people would have, yes.Of course, I’m not talking with any of those people.I’m having a conversation with you.”“Are you saying I should have just acted like she didn’t do anything wrong?”“I’m not saying you should or shouldn’t have done any particular thing.I was merely asking about what you did.”“Do you think I did something wrong?”“What does it matter what I think?”A sudden pain made Zander look down at his right hand.It was clenched into a fist so tightly that the rough edge of his fingernail was digging into his skin.He had to work to loosen it.“What do you know about Quinn? Do you know where she is?”“Why isn’t the answer you were given by her mother good enough for you?”“Because it doesn’t make any sense.”“It doesn’t make any sense that Quinn would want to get to know her family after being deprived of them for so long?”Zander stared at him.“It doesn’t make any sense that Megan would just send her child off to another country with people she barely knows.It just feels like there’s something wrong.I’m worried about her.”The old man rolled his eyes, which was so unexpected that Zander actually cracked a grin.“Quinn’s a child now?”“You know what I mean.”“I’m afraid I don’t.”“She’s still young enough to be at home with her mother – not running off to live in another country before she even graduates high school.I just think that something must be wrong.”“Something you don’t think Quinn’s mother is able to handle?”Zander didn’t have a response for that.“Is this because you’re really worried about Quinn, or is it about your own feelings? Because you believe you’re owed some kind of an explanation that you’re not getting?”He thought about that for a minute.“Does it matter?”“Do one’s intentions matter? I think you know the answer to that.”Zander sighed, more confused now than ever.“You’re very invested in this, aren’t you?” Alvin’s eyes were gentler now, almost sympathetic, and something about his expression made Zander want to answer.“Yes.I don’t know why – I can’t explain it, but I just can’t let it go.”“I think you need to stop for a moment, Mr.Cunningham, and decide what it is that you’re after.There are things you can’t unlearn once you’ve learned them.Quinn learning about her father’s side of her family – learning that her mother had been keeping that information from her for her entire life – was such an event for her.While it is not my place to share her story with you, I can tell you this.It changed her life – permanently – in ways she couldn’t have imagined, and forced her to make decisions she probably wasn’t prepared for.”“And you’re saying the same thing will happen to me.”“Everyone is different.” Alvin shrugged [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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