"Why don't you fucking tell me, Diamond? I just want to know what happened while I was out for ten years, so I can do something to protect her!" Vernon said frustratedly.
"Sir— I already promised Chloe that I cannot tell anyone," Diamond replied. She wanted to ensure that her boss got the message she wanted to deliver, "Especially you, Sir. She made me promise not to tell you."
"WHY?!" Vernon snapped. "Why didn't she want to tell me? Does she think I'm not powerful enough to protect her!?"
Again, Vernon started yelling at Diamond to vent his anger. He was like a manchild who had zero control over his emotion, which Diamond realized long ago.
She didn't expect the problem to be so prominent in his life.
"Sir, do you not see the problem with yourself?" Diamond asked.
"What? Now you're blaming me because Chloe doesn't want to tell me about what happened to her?!"
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