The Enemy's Son

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annoying smug smile on his face.
    “Jerry,” Keith said and stopped to sigh. It was a long pause. “I wanted to keep things simple, but this has gotten too complicated already. I think it’ll help things move along if Cora is staying with us.”
    Cora saw the life fall from her father’s face and he stumbled against the back of his chair. She sat still, looking between the three different men, and at that point she really felt afraid.  
    Keith looked down into her bewildered face. “My dear, it looks like you’ll be staying. Your father has a few things to work out.”
    Jerry seemed to have no say in the matter as Alexander took her by the arm again and pulled her back into the hallway. “Dad!”
    Alexander yanked her against his chest and trapped both her arms.
    “If you’ll both cooperate, neither of you have anything to worry about,” Keith said, standing in the doorway so Jerry and Cora could both hear him. “Miss Evans, all you have to do is sit tight, be a good girl, and wait. Jerry, you just have to get my money back.”
    Alexander tightened his grip on her arms.
    “You can’t force me to go anywhere with you.” She wrestled back and forth, trying to kick his shins. He spun her around and brought her face right up against his.
    The shuffling of footsteps coming down the hallway behind them stopped Alexander’s angry words.
    “Hey!” The voice sounded familiar. “What’s going on?”
    She wiggled loose enough to turn her head. Cora’s shocked stare stopped Nick a few strides away from them. He knew about this . Cora forced her mouth shut and looked away from him. The lying piece of crap!
    Keith answered Nick’s question. “You apparently didn’t do a good job of distracting her. Ever heard of dinner and a movie?”
    “Where are you going with her?” Nick demanded.
    Keith looked at Alexander and held up a hand. “Hang tight for a minute.” He jerked his head for Nick to follow him into the study. The door snapped shut and she was left in the darkened hallway with Alexander’s hands wrapped around her arms again.
    Low, rushed voices poured out from underneath the study door, but Cora couldn’t understand what they said. They sounded more like angry animals than people. She jerked when Jerry spoke, pleading for them to release her. Keith barked at Jerry while Nick tried to cut him off.
    “Not Alexander!” She thought Nick spoke then. “I’ll do it. You have to let me do that for Jerry.” His voice softened and she got the feeling he was talking to her dad, maybe reassuring him.
    A minute passed with Alexander’s fingers gripping harder and harder around her arm. As calmly as she could, she said, “You’re hurting me.”
    She almost cried when she heard how scared she sounded. His grip loosened but he pulled her back against him. His breath fell on her neck.  
    She turned her head the other way and tried to keep her breathing under control, and her heart rate somewhat normal, so she could think. Without a weapon, she just had her brain to get her out of this.
    Nick left the study and backtracked down the hall with only a short glance at Cora. It had been a meaningful glance, that said something, but she had no idea what. She tried not to watch him go.
    Keith emerged and announced to Alexander, “He’s taking her up.” Alexander’s hands tightened on her arms again, but before he argued, Keith continued, “I need you here. You can check on them as soon as possible.”
    Nick strode around the corner with a stuffed duffle bag and stopped in front of Alexander. He didn’t need words to explain what he wanted.
    She felt like a piece of meat, and in the least flattering way.
    With a penetrating stare at Nick, Alexander let go of Cora’s arm and took a step back. Cora looked at the closed study door, wishing to see her father, and then she gave Nick the coldest look she could manage. Keith stood watching her with cold eyes in his harsh, lined face of a lifetime smoker.
    With strained

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