Chapter 27

"Will it really be better? Do you know what the borderlands are like? It's such a harsh, savage place!

"Think about how you banished a beautiful 15-year-old there five years ago! You weren't thinking of giving her a chance to make it out of there!" Nadia was infuriated.

"Don't bother trying to talk sense into a monster, Nads. He won't understand you," Quinn said. Maurice was barely a human.

"I'm your fucking father, Quinn!" Maurice was angry now. Lisa and Quinn would always be reminders of his humiliation. How could he possibly allow them to remain in Jipsfort?

When he had banished them to the borderlands, he had intended for them to languish there so they would never return. In fact, it would have been perfect if they had died there.

He hadn't expected Quinn to be fortunate enough to make it back alive, though.

"You'll never get my shares, Maurice. As for the ones you currently hold, know that I'll get them back bit by bit."

Quinn knew what Maurice cared about the most. Taki