Marybeth glanced at the note, smiling sadly because she didn't want to get her hopes up. But she asked anyway, "so from now until midnight, I can ask you anything?"Austin nodded and picked up his fork."Anything, anything?""Yes," he said. "No holds barred. It's your one and only free pass, žena. After tonight, I can't talk about the family, my associates or The Corporation. So whatever questions you may have in the future, you'll have to remember we both took the omerta.""Why? Why are you doing this?""Because I don't want to end up like my father, Beth. I don't want to share my life with mistresses, and it's important to me that you learn to trust me, even if it's just a little bit."He looked so serious, so sad as he spoke, and Marybeth wondered if it was all the stuff with Blake bothering him or something deeper."You do know that trust is earned, right," she said, gulping down her wine."However long it takes me to earn yours, I'll do it," he replied.Now that he'd given her pe
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