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No sooner had his mother led the mother-daughter pair away, Demetrius saw Cassidy nodding him up the stairs. The gesture put a pit in his stomach that made him want to turn and head back through the door. The morning had barely started, but the boy wanted nothing more than to take himself away. He would’ve loved even one quiet moment to clear his head and shake off the heaviness that settled on him, but he was starting to see he wouldn’t have that luxury.
Demetrius would have to wait a while longer for that moment. He took Jamie by the hand, leading her up the stairs behind his sister.
Cassidy led them back to her room, being careful to close the door behind her. It earned her a raise of his brow.
“What?” he asked, not in the mood for more surprises.
“She’s on edge.”
“Carlton?” he asked, assuming the man had gone ahead to give their mother an earful on his most recent act of wilful defiance. The
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