Forty-six

My heart continued to hammer itself wildly. I stood up from where I sat on the bed and moved to where he stood without breaking eye contact with him. Even though I had never been afraid of him, I knew that the man would think I had deceived him because it was exactly what I would have thought also if reversed were the case.

"Xavier, let me explain," I tried once again.

"Isn't that why I am standing right here? For you to explain what the hell is going on to me?" At that moment, a weird expression crossed his face that I couldn't fathom its meaning. "You just need to start doing that right now."

I swallowed hard. "The thing is… Actually, I didn't lie to you. Grandma Margaret was indeed my only relative," I began. I knew I was doing a poor job at my explanation but I didn't know what else to do or say again to prove that I hadn't lied to him.

"What about your father and sister? Or are you going to claim that I heard about them wrongly?" He questioned me coldly and I shivered a little.

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