CHAPTER 10: THE CONFRONTATION
I went to see Charles Blackwell.
He was at his office. Behind his desk. Looking like a king on his throne.
"Sophie," he said. "I've been expecting you."
"Have you?"
"I know you've been digging into my past. I know you've been talking to Eleanor. I know about the DNA test."
"So you know the truth."
"Yes."
"Then you know I'm your daughter."
"Yes."
"Then why did you abandon me?"
He laughed.
"Abandon you? I never abandoned you. I was protecting you."
"Protecting me from what?"
"From yourself. You're not like me, Sophie. You're weak. Soft. You don't have what it takes to be a Blackwell."
"I don't want to be a Blackwell."
"Then why are you here?"
"To tell you that I'm going to take you down."
He laughed again.
"Take me down? You can't even stand up to Ethan."
"Watch me."
I walked out of the office.
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And I knew, in that moment, that I had just started a war.
END OF CHAPTER 10
