Ken waited patiently for Dominic to get to the point.
"I heard you were very close to Annie in the past year, and that she had a few arguments with her parents over you, did you know that?"
"She told me that they wanted to shun me, but she didn't want to give up on her sparring sessions with me."
Ken spoke directly. He didn't plan to be subservient; now that his oppressors were dead, he could use his status to the maximum instead of cowering all the time. With his luck improved, people shouldn't find trouble with him for no reason.
"I see, but let's not speak ill of the dead. I called you here because I've fed Annie with a truth drug while questioning her, and I found some interesting things about you."