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Winona

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hey left a bodyguard outside my room the whole night.

Which was overkill, considering I got the surprise of my life when I peeked out my door to find HJ staring at it from a chair he’d slid over.

I opened it wide to glare at him. “What are you doing? You should face the other way in case someone tries to kidnap me.”

“That’s what our bodyguard here is for. I’m here to watch for the real danger: you sneaking off and doing something stupid.”

I slammed the door as loudly as I could. Then I opened it wide and slammed it again for good measure.

Still, I slept like a baby wrapped in a very safe cocoon. Was this what it felt like when my father was still living? Was this the family dynamic I missed so much?

The next morning, he was gone. I was left with just the security. “Dante, can you stop staring out into the abyss and make yourself useful this morning?”

“Winona girl, you’re going to wreck this family, you know that?” he said as he turned to me with a sparkle in his greenish-blue
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