“Dad, let me get those cleaned up for you. We should really get you to the hospital.” Emma headed for the first aid kit, but her father reached out and grabbed her, holding her in place.
“No,” he said. “First, we have to talk.”
Obliging his desire to talk, Emma sat down beside him, carefully smoothing down her dress.
“Who did this to you?” she asked, her voice soft.
Her father glanced away, unable to meet her worried gaze. “I owe some people money,” he whispered. “Bad people.”
Emma’s stomach plunged.
“How bad?” she queried.
Her father turned to gaze forlornly at her. His wounds were a testament to just how bad the people were.
“They did this to you?”
Sebastian nodded. He’d taken a brutal beating, that was obvious.
“What... what do you want to do?” Emma wasn’t sure what to do or say. Her father had been in financial trouble before but never to this extreme where he was in physical danger.
“I owe them a considerable amount of money. Today was just a warning. If I don’t pay up, they’ll...”
“They’ll what?” Emma demanded, her voice shaking.
“They’ll kill me.” Her father looked directly into her eyes; she saw how serious and how scared he was.
“Oh God.” Her eyes widened, and she cupped a hand over her mouth.
“But they struck a deal with me,” her father explained.
“A deal?”
“Yes.” He nodded. “They said they’d spare my life and consider my debt paid in full on one condition.”
“Well, what is it? Whatever it is, just do it, Dad. This has seriously gotten out of hand. You can’t be getting caught up with loan sharks and the mob. You’re going to get yourself killed!”
Emma was crying as she spoke.
“They told me the slate will be wiped clean if you do something for them.”
“Me?” Emma pointed at herself in shock. “What could they possibly want me to do?”
“They want you to marry the boss’s son,” her father replied bluntly.
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