Page 159 of Sweet Dominion

“Oh yeah.” He tucked his book under his arm. “Why is that?”

“Because you, my friend, are utterly intriguing.” I headed up the stairs. “Come on. I want to show you something.”

“Showmesomething?” He followed.

“That’s what I said.”

By the time, Einstein became a teen, he’d built walls around himself so high that almost no one could get in.

Lucky for me, I knew how to climb his emotional walls with ease.

I glanced over my shoulder. “What do you think of Lotus Blossom?”

“It’s extravagant.”

“Is that a good or bad thing?”

“Neither. Just the only word I can think of.”

“Liar.”

“Me?”

“You have many more words you’re thinking about when it comes to this place.”

“So you want to have a deeper conversation?”

“That’s the only conversations I like to have with you.”

He nodded. “Well then I would say another word comes to my mind when I realize that you have possession of this place.”

“And what’s that?”

“Power play.”

“Why power play?”

“Leo is signaling to the East that you’re a force to be reckoned with, and he 100% approves of your union with his son.”

“Hmmm.” I grinned. “Maybe.”

Einstein snorted.

We got to the second floor.

Instead of taking him toward the bedrooms, I lead us in the opposite direction. “I think that you will like this surprise a lot.”

“I’m interested to see if you’re going to be right.”

Further down the hall, I could hear my sisters’ voices, full of excitement, as they explored their new bedrooms.

Aunt Min and Aunt Suzi were fussing over them, making sure everything was perfect.

Einstein got to my side. “You did good, Moni.”

“What do you mean?”

“Your sisters will be happy here.”

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