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"How could you take advantage of her in this situation?" He bares his teeth.

"You know I'm not taking advantage of her," I snap, cutting him off before he can finish. "Seamus would've told you what I plan to do with the diamond mine."

"And you expect me to believe that? You are going to just give her your share when the time comes?" He eyes me with caution. "The moment your old man gets his hands on that precious diamond mine, nothing of that sort will happen."

"My old man isn't getting his hands on shit," I assure him.

"Doesheknow that?"

"He doesn't, but that's the only way I could marry your sister."

Cillian laughs offkey, sounding unhinged. "Virgo, we've been through this before. I told you to let her live her life. I don't want to be enemies with you anymore, but if you do this, you will make an enemy out of me."

"Then we'll have to agree to be enemies, because I'm not letting her go."

He looks at me as if I just slapped him in the face. "This isn't going to work out the way you want,"

"Why not? Because you say so? Because you won't give me a chance, or you stopped giving me chances and put me down as being like my old man? Times have changed.Everythinghas changed. He doesn't rule me anymore. Now it's time to finally get what I want, which is her. For the last two and a half years, you've known that I've been looking for your sister. That should mean something to you."

Finally, it looks as if I touched something he can't argue with, because he knows I’m right.

"I can't just stand by and watch this."

"Then don't stand by. How about you help me instead? Help me find out what happened to your family. That's something I'm not going to let go. All this here,"—I point to the documents on the desk—"these are all the details that were taken after the incident occurred. If we all work together, we might come up with a solution much faster and make sure Olivia can live her life free of the threat she faced."

Tension fills his face as he sets his shoulders back. I expect him to argue again because that's what he's like, but he surprises me with a slow nod.

"Okay. Let's work together. I already planned to stick around to resolve this before going back to Ireland. I agree that working together will be for her benefit."

I mentally sigh with relief.

“Let's do this, then. I hope you'll join us at the Creed meeting."

"I will. I'd also like to see my sister tomorrow," he says.

"That’s not a problem.”

Thank fuck I got him on board.

I would have hated to be at war with him, too. Having everyone on board will help me make my girl safer sooner.

I just hope we can make that possible before whoever we’re up against has a chance to strike.

ChapterFifteen

Olivia

"This doctor comes highly recommended. He's good at his stuff and knows how to work with patients who've suffered from amnesia at any stage," Virgo explains. Although he sounds confident, I can tell from the shift in his usual presence that he's nervous.

“He sounds good,” I agree, but only because I feel like I have to. Nothing sounds good to me right now.

We've been sitting in the waiting room at the doctor's office for about ten minutes.

Hospitals and any kind of clinical environment make me uncomfortable enough, let alone being here to remember the thing that will hurt me more. I don't know what to expect from today, but in my mind, I conjured up being under a hypnotic spell where all my memories flood back and I end up having some kind of psychotic meltdown. That is one of my biggest fears.

"You need to tell the doctor everything you remember. Don't leave anything out," Virgo continues. When he starts launching into a whole conversation about how helpful therapy is, I zone out.

I don't often zone out when he speaks because I always feel like I need to be ready for whatever mood he's in. Like last night. There was one moment when he seemed like he would tell me anything I wanted to know, but he shut me down when I asked about the investigation.

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