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think.’
‘So if I find something wrong, you might change it.’ There was an excited quiver in his voice.
‘Absolutely,’ Blake confirmed.
‘This is so cool,’ Daniel said, pulling his chair a little closer to the screen.
Blake spent the next five minutes showing Daniel how to play. Sarah didn’t have the heart to protest and had to grudgingly accept that it was probably quite educational. She wished Blake would stop pleasantly surprising her. She had to remember he’d just taken away her liberty.
‘So, Daniel, are you going to be okay for a while? I want to show your mother something.’
‘Sure,’ Daniel said, unable to tear his eyes from the screen. Already he was entranced.
Sarah followed Blake from the room with metaphorical murder on her mind. Blake pulled the door closed behind her.
‘What?’ she demanded.
Without a word, he took her hand. She tried to shake him loose but he held firm.
‘Come with me,’ he said.
Blake led her down one floor and through a series of doors he opened with thumbprint security. Each time, he held open the door for her and he took her hand again. She stopped protesting after the first two doors. She didn’t want to admit it, but Blake holding her hand wasn’t horrible. It had been so long since she’d held hands with anyone other than Daniel. It was ridiculous that Blake’s simple touch had ignited all her senses.
A sign announced they had entered the education division. Off to the left, shelving towered above her, with row upon row of DVDs.
‘Our education department is one of the biggest divisions in the company,’ he said. ‘We sponsor a hundred of the most disadvantaged schools and provide them with computer software.’
There he was doing good works again. She didn’t want to know about all the great stuff he did. It made it harder to keep him where she wanted him, in the you-could-steal-my-child box. ‘Grooming kids to become future Hunt-F Technology consumers.’
Blake fixed her with a look so intense she felt surprised at not being burnt. ‘Being computer-literate is essential for all kids these days. Any kid that’s not technology savvy will be left behind,’ he said. He walked to the wall of DVDs. ‘That’s not something I influence, that’s reality.’
‘Are you implying that Daniel is behind in some way?’ Anger dropped more heavily into her voice than she intended.
‘No, not behind,’ Blake said.
Exactly. Daniel would be ahead if anything.
She’d diligently kept Daniel up-to-date with his schooling. She received a special homeschooling program from Australia every six months.
‘Very behind,’ Blake said.
White-hot fury burned down her throat. ‘How dare you?’
‘That game I gave him was designed for five-year-olds and he didn’t even know where to start.’
‘He may not know much about computers, but he knows about life. Real life.’
Sarah stalked to the other end of the DVD shelf so she could put her back to him and ignore the disturbing niggle he’d kicked off in her brain.
‘I’m sure you do a fine job as a mother, but don’t you want Daniel to have options? Options that a proper education can give him.’ She felt him come up behind her. ‘Surely you don’t want him to work at the Sanctuary his whole life.’
‘And what’s wrong with that? It’s been good enough for me.’ She hammered out the first sentence, but her voice backslid on the second. So it wasn’t her ideal life, but it was important, worthwhile. The work she did was more essential than one individual’s happiness. It supported so many. But Daniel, when he was old enough, could be whatever he wanted. Somehow, she’d make sure he could live his dreams.
‘Has it?’ The gentleness of his voice had her throwing up defences. ‘When I met you, you were full of dreams of travelling the world, photographing and writing about nature . . . discovering and documenting the wonders of the world. What happened?’
Her breath tripped and
‘So if I find something wrong, you might change it.’ There was an excited quiver in his voice.
‘Absolutely,’ Blake confirmed.
‘This is so cool,’ Daniel said, pulling his chair a little closer to the screen.
Blake spent the next five minutes showing Daniel how to play. Sarah didn’t have the heart to protest and had to grudgingly accept that it was probably quite educational. She wished Blake would stop pleasantly surprising her. She had to remember he’d just taken away her liberty.
‘So, Daniel, are you going to be okay for a while? I want to show your mother something.’
‘Sure,’ Daniel said, unable to tear his eyes from the screen. Already he was entranced.
Sarah followed Blake from the room with metaphorical murder on her mind. Blake pulled the door closed behind her.
‘What?’ she demanded.
Without a word, he took her hand. She tried to shake him loose but he held firm.
‘Come with me,’ he said.
Blake led her down one floor and through a series of doors he opened with thumbprint security. Each time, he held open the door for her and he took her hand again. She stopped protesting after the first two doors. She didn’t want to admit it, but Blake holding her hand wasn’t horrible. It had been so long since she’d held hands with anyone other than Daniel. It was ridiculous that Blake’s simple touch had ignited all her senses.
A sign announced they had entered the education division. Off to the left, shelving towered above her, with row upon row of DVDs.
‘Our education department is one of the biggest divisions in the company,’ he said. ‘We sponsor a hundred of the most disadvantaged schools and provide them with computer software.’
There he was doing good works again. She didn’t want to know about all the great stuff he did. It made it harder to keep him where she wanted him, in the you-could-steal-my-child box. ‘Grooming kids to become future Hunt-F Technology consumers.’
Blake fixed her with a look so intense she felt surprised at not being burnt. ‘Being computer-literate is essential for all kids these days. Any kid that’s not technology savvy will be left behind,’ he said. He walked to the wall of DVDs. ‘That’s not something I influence, that’s reality.’
‘Are you implying that Daniel is behind in some way?’ Anger dropped more heavily into her voice than she intended.
‘No, not behind,’ Blake said.
Exactly. Daniel would be ahead if anything.
She’d diligently kept Daniel up-to-date with his schooling. She received a special homeschooling program from Australia every six months.
‘Very behind,’ Blake said.
White-hot fury burned down her throat. ‘How dare you?’
‘That game I gave him was designed for five-year-olds and he didn’t even know where to start.’
‘He may not know much about computers, but he knows about life. Real life.’
Sarah stalked to the other end of the DVD shelf so she could put her back to him and ignore the disturbing niggle he’d kicked off in her brain.
‘I’m sure you do a fine job as a mother, but don’t you want Daniel to have options? Options that a proper education can give him.’ She felt him come up behind her. ‘Surely you don’t want him to work at the Sanctuary his whole life.’
‘And what’s wrong with that? It’s been good enough for me.’ She hammered out the first sentence, but her voice backslid on the second. So it wasn’t her ideal life, but it was important, worthwhile. The work she did was more essential than one individual’s happiness. It supported so many. But Daniel, when he was old enough, could be whatever he wanted. Somehow, she’d make sure he could live his dreams.
‘Has it?’ The gentleness of his voice had her throwing up defences. ‘When I met you, you were full of dreams of travelling the world, photographing and writing about nature . . . discovering and documenting the wonders of the world. What happened?’
Her breath tripped and
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