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'I don't mind him seeing.' Annabel blinks at me with innocence, ignoring the gravity of the situation, undeterred by my obviously fowl temper around Dante. I hold my tongue and continue packing, trying to not lose my cool with this child already, as I know I have to build trust, not resentment.

'Yeah, honey bunch, the kid has no issue with my presence. You can pull out your party tricks. I kinda wanna see what you can do when I’m not messing with you.'

'Why are you still here?' I turn on him abruptly, hands flying once more to my hips. Spitting out the question.

'I mean, really? You want a date to get on a plane then go find Cora, she’s arranging it. Leave me to pack and go sneer somewhere else. I’ll have to suffer you enough when we fly to my home, I don’t really want it to start early.'