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p knock on the apartment

ng in the hallway, looking around my modest B

e wore a pristine designer suit and carried a clipboard like a weapon.

"Jared informed me you left the estate. He insisted I come here for Zoe

saw Dr. Vance, she immediately dropped her crayon and

. You need to be a big girl. Your father is a very important man with a very stressful

, unable to believe what I had just hear

to manage this situation. Your daughter's refusal to speak is a behavioral rebellion. It's embarrassing for a f

blinding, explo

aughter. She was managin

ngerously low, vibrating w

her arrogant mask s

are a fraud and a sycophant! If you ever come near my daughter again, I wi

lly against the hardwood floor. "You are hysterical! I will be reporting th

ng the top of her head. "It's okay, baby. Mommy

ater, my phon

my expression t

asted through the speaker. "Dr. Vance just called me in tears! Who

mare, Jared," I said, my voice eeril

d about Zoe. "Dr. Vance is approved by my family's trust fund! Do you have any idea how hard it is

t his daughter was insulted. He only c

Zoe," I said firmly. "Someone w

e house, I froze your access to the Montgomery accounts. You want to play the independent, to

u are going to call Dr. Vance, apologize to her, and beg her to come

hun

of my apartment, the