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"Seriously?"

I nodded When he still see, alh "Do you want to speak to theroaned "Fine I’ll call theer at ht I do But for s are on the house," he replied, with a tender sive you et the run-around from his aides"

To my surprise, Rev put the phone on speaker My father picked up on the third ring "This is Eht me some form of comfort, but it didn’t th your entire life, even a catastrophic event doesn’t change the way you feel The only person I would want to talk to at the house was Connie, my former nanny, as now employed as my mother’s assistant

"Mr Percy, you don’t knowyou do need to know is your daughter Annabel is safe"

My father sucked in a harsh breath "What do you hter?" he demanded

"The fewer details you know of her kidnapping and rescue, the better That can be said for all parties involved She is safe and recuperating, so any search efforts you had should be canceled She will be returning hoinia in a few days"

"I don’t believe a fucking word you’ve said I want to speak to hter this instant"

Rev thrust out the phone to me His no-nonsense look told ned sigh, I said, "It’s me, Father"

"Annabel? Annabel, are you really okay?"

"Yes, I a that, either"

"Where are you?"

"You don’t need to know that"

"The hell I don’t! Is that man the one who kidnapped you? I’ll have the CIA and the FBI on his ass in seconds"

"Father, please He savedpretty horrible He doesn’t need to be harassed by you or your minions"

"I want you home--ie boiled inside hter, I spat, "I didn’t just leave I was kidnapped by a group of traffickers Do you understand what thatthat was done to me"

My father re to process the horror of what I had just said But he wasn’t focusing on h No, I was certain he orrying about how et out of this unscathed both politically and socially "I will send the plane for you right now Wherever you are in the world"

"No It isn’t necessary"