02-13-2022, 10:08 PM
Zechariah sat back, hands clasped, and crossed an ankle over his knee.
“While proving that might be …” odious, and he pitied the young Carrington daughter after her swirl of debacles, “challenging, Mr. Carrington, the law is on your side if your mother’s records and associates can vouch for this. Are you familiar with the bastardy laws?”
This was how he treated the one person who had been kind to him. A woman who had no doubt been raped and fallen into the arms of opportunists in the aftermath of all this. Zechariah swirled sedimented wine in his cup, face neutral.
Mercifully (tactfully), Zechariah did not speculate aloud about Darius’ father’s wishes.
“Any documentation or personal contacts whom can vouch for your father’s wishes in a better state of mind will be helpful to proving that, Mr. Carrington.”
“While proving that might be …” odious, and he pitied the young Carrington daughter after her swirl of debacles, “challenging, Mr. Carrington, the law is on your side if your mother’s records and associates can vouch for this. Are you familiar with the bastardy laws?”
This was how he treated the one person who had been kind to him. A woman who had no doubt been raped and fallen into the arms of opportunists in the aftermath of all this. Zechariah swirled sedimented wine in his cup, face neutral.
Mercifully (tactfully), Zechariah did not speculate aloud about Darius’ father’s wishes.
“Any documentation or personal contacts whom can vouch for your father’s wishes in a better state of mind will be helpful to proving that, Mr. Carrington.”
