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“We are.”
    Gloria looked from person to person and tried to get
a feeling for what they were planning, but they weren’t giving any
clues. What could they possibly want from her, with her child in
the room? With Ryan’s child in the room? Surely he wouldn’t
let anything happen to Angela.
    Vlad motioned for Gloria to join him at the table,
and slowly she walked toward him.
    “Here’s the thing,” Vlad said. He chewed his lip and
looked like he was trying to choose the right words. “First of all,
there’s no backing out of this. Not that you had a choice in the
matter to begin with, but I’m telling you now that you can’t leave.
“Second, you will do exactly as you’re told. If you try to disobey,
not only will you be forced to do as you’re told, but you won’t be
paid. Am I clear?”
    Gloria opened her mouth, shut it. “Well yeah,
but—”
    He interrupted her. “That’s all you need to say.
That you understand what I’ve told you.”
    “What exactly do I have to do?”
    His grin would have been better suited on a jackal.
“Ryan—would you like to give dear Gloria the details?”
    Ryan stepped forward and moved close to Gloria.
“It’s simple. But first, let me give you a little background.” He
rubbed his hands together as if he was trying to spark a fire.
“You’re a grandmother, Gloria. Your daughter gave birth to your
granddaughter.”
    Gloria’s head snapped in Angela’s direction and
studied her sixteen-year-old daughter. The girl looked bored, even
yawned and cocked her head.
    “How? How could you let that happen?” she yelled at
Ryan.
    “How could I let that happen?” He laughed. “I’m not
exactly pleased with this development myself. She was supposed to
have Vlad’s child.”
    “What? No. No . Tell me you didn’t let that
pervert near my baby. Tell me he didn’t touch her.”
    “No, he hasn’t touched her yet. But I have.”
    The room started spinning, and Gloria gripped the
table for support. She looked at Ryan and whispered, “Is the baby
yours?”
    “I doubt that. Among other things, you gave me a
rather nasty case of syphilis that went undiagnosed just long
enough to make me sterile. The little ankle biter isn’t mine and
she won’t give up the father’s name. I tried to get her to tell but
she’s every bit as stubborn as her whore of a mother. So off she
goes, back to boarding school, carrying that little parasite inside
of her. Then the school calls me—Sir, do you know that your
daughter is pregnant? Heh. They ship her home with her stomach
sticking out like a fucking beach ball. I was so fucking mad I
wanted to rip her open and pull the bastard right out of her. But
too many people had seen Angela pregnant, so we had no choice but
to carry it to term.”
    Gloria sucked in a breath. She looked at Angela, who
still looked bored, like she wanted to be anywhere but here. This
little routine was apparently a major inconvenience for the teen.
Vlad’s Cheshire grin spread even wider.
    “So we don’t want the kid.” He reached down and
lifted up Angela’s shirt, revealing the cigarette burns around her
areolas. “I’ve convinced Angela that she doesn’t want it
either.”
    “You sick son of a bitch! You’re worse than this fat
freak. She’s your own daughter!”
    Ryan shrugged.
    “So—what does all this mean? You want me to take the
child?”
    “Not exactly.” Ryan turned to Angela. “Get her.”
    Angela moved to the corner of the room and
approached a basket that Gloria hadn’t noticed before, and lifted
the infant out. It ( she ) started to cry, and Gloria
recognized that mewling bleat as the noise she had thought belonged
to a cat.
    Angela placed the baby on the table.
    Vlad reached beneath the table and pulled out a
butcher knife, offering it to Gloria. “Remember what I said. You
have no choice in the matter. You will do as you’re told, or you
will be made to do as you’re told.”
    Gloria shook her head, started to back away from