Chapter 97: Answering with a Question

When Liliana heard him deflect her question with another, anger flared in her chest. Still, mindful that the man before her was her uncle, she swallowed it and tried to think of a different way to ask. After a couple of minutes of drawing a blank, she finally found a better angle. "I don't object to your plan, Uncle, but I want to know what, exactly, you are to that girl. I'm not asking as the director of the Municipal Department of Education. I'm asking as your niece, and I'm asking for myself...