"But your father, like mine, is still alive isn't he?" Cassius asked with interest, "How do you suppose he's living now?"
"I don't know," Arabella squeezed Ed her arms, "Not that it matters. He's always good at running away. He could still be in the village or maybe he ran away. Maybe grandmother is visiting him, coddling and telling him all sorts of excuses to justify selling me and Ariel."
"Wow," Cassius let out a chuckle of sarcasm. "You know, I'm very interested in meeting your father."
