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you ’ re wrong. ”
    “No, I ’ m not.”
    “ Oh, yes, you are.   Everyone like you has a price, but I ’ m not like you. ”
    “I ’ m sure there ’ s something. ”
    “I ’ m not in this for money.   I never was. ”
    “ Then what are you in it for? ”
    “I ’ m curious. ”
    “ About? ”
    “ About who my father is.   About this life I never knew.   About the man my mother fell in love with. ” I shot back.   “ If you ’ ll excuse me, I need to go change. ”
    “ There ’ s something we agree upon. ”
    I flipped Millie the bird as I walked past her into the main house.   I was fuming and didn ’ t realize until I ’ d wondered down several corridors that I still had no idea how to get to my room.   I looked around and realized not only was I lost, but I was also still wet and tracking mud throughout the house.   I pulled off my dripping socks and shoes and started shivering.  
    “ Ah, Juliet there you - ” James started, but stopped as he caught sight of me.   “ What in the world have you been doing? ”
    I shrugged.   “I slipped.”
    “You ’ ll catch your death.   Where were you going? ”
    “ Trying to find my room. ”
    “ Ah, you still haven ’ t been given the tour of the main house have you?   Let me show you to your room.   It looks as though there is a story behind all of this. ”  James started navigating the manor.   “ Millie seems rather put out by our discovery. ” He started after a moment of uncomfortable silence.
    “ Does she now?   I hadn ’ t noticed. ” I muttered rolling my eyes.
    “It ’ s a new idea to her.   Give her time to adjust. ” James consoled.   He ’ d caught my sarcasm.  
    I sighed.   “ James, I don’ t think she ’ s going to adjust to me.   I ’ m not like her.   I ’ m not part of your world.   It ’ s cool that I ’ m your daughter and everything, but I ’ m illegitimate.   Isn ’ t that kind of a big deal in this world?   Everything is all about who belongs to who and so on and so forth. ”
    “ Juliet . . . ” James sighed.   “ This is your room. ”
    “ James, it ’ s cool we found each other, but I don ’ t know if anyone else needs to know. ” I offered.   If he wanted out, he had this chance.   I wouldn ’ t hold it against him.  
    “ Juliet, you ’ re my daughter.   I ’ ve only just found you and I have no intention to get rid of you. ”  James smiled.  
    “ It would make your life easier. ”
    “ I have rarely chosen the easy way.   That is part of why you are here today. ” 
    I smiled at that.   “You ’ re making your life a lot more complicated than it has to be. ”
    “ I understand the risks I am taking.   You are taking risks here too, do you understand them? ”
    I shook my head.   “ I have no idea what this world is that I ’ ve just stepped into, but I know I won ’ t be welcomed in with open arms. ”
    James nodded sadly.   “ I won ’ t ask you to decide something of this gravity in such a short span of time.   If anyone asks you are a relative visiting from America.   Tell no one who you really are until you are sure this is what you want.   If we announce you, there will be no turning back. ”
    I nodded trying to understand.   I really didn ’ t know what it would mean to be a Duke ’ s daughter.   “ What would be the first step? ”
    “ I will call my advisor in the morning and have her send someone over for you. ”
    I raised an eyebrow.    “Meaning?”
    “ Do you enjoy shopping? ”
    I shrugged.   “I ’ m not very partial to parting with my money. ”
    “ On my pound? ”
    “I can ’ t accept that. ”
    “ I insist.   Consider this twenty-one years worth of birthday presents. ”  James smiled.   “ I won ’ t take no for an answer.   Now hurry, go change.  I ’ ll send one of the servants to take you to the dining room.   It ’ s nearly time for supper.   Hurry up.”  James hurried off leaving me alone to