The man who called himself her father stared at the small child in shock. What exactly did she just say? Did a three year old just say in front of a fully grown man.

  "Well, you don't exactly have a choice in the matter." The man said. "From now on you call me Father. You are only here to placate an eccentric man by becoming close with his daughter. Your actions could very well bring both wealth and glory to the dukedom, which is a great honor. You will be given far better housing than what you have previously lived in, as well as expensive clothing and toys. Things people of your age appreciate, are they not? If you refuse to cooperate your life will be made even worse than before. Do you understand? I am a very powerful man and could possibly hurt you a lot more than you would expect, so I urge you to cooperate."

  "What you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling incoherent response were you even close to anything resembling a rational thought. Everyone in this office who heard you has now become a little dumber." Rinaye retorted. "If what you suggested included having to go through the torture that was dressing up for this little get together at all, I am declining with a slap on the insult to humanity that is your face.

  Honestly the guy should just start expecting Rinaye to say things like this by now.

  "I think we can arrange something that involves more comfortable clothing." He said.

  "And money. I'm not doing shit without a big stack of cash." She told him with a completely serious expression on her face.

  ...

  "We can also arrange more funding for an allowance." He sighed.

  "That's better. Now, what exactly do you want me to do here. It's obvious you don't actually care for me enough to just start asking me to call you father. What's the big idea?" Rinaye asked.

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  "You will be acting as a spoiled kid in the duchy, that's it. This is just to show that I am a loving father to my children and an opportunity opened to showcase that with my . You will be interacting with other children your age, so please act like anything resembling normalcy. He asked

  "Normalcy is a man-made concept." She replied.

  He sighed. "I understand that you have people that you care about who work here. If you refuse to cooperate, I will be forced to place their livelihood in danger."

  GASP "How dare you interfere with the ! Also Edna. That's just cruel!" She asked dramatically.

  "I don't understand a word of what you are saying," he said with a tired look in his face. "In any case, cooperate, and they don't lose their jobs or worse."

  "Fine," she replied with a scowl on her face.

  "Tomorrow you will be visiting the residency of Duke Vissier. His daughter recently woke up from a coma and she needs a playmate. You are to become close friends with her. Her name is Lady Allison." He told the child.

  "ALLISON?" she shouted. "I don't even care anymore I just wanna meet her!" It might be a small chance, but Rinaye was willing to do anything to see her friend again.

  Her father smiled, satisfied to finally have leverage. "Then you must do as I say if you want to meet her."

  Rinaye was kinda nervous at the man's smile. His eyes contained no hint of happiness. But she nodded her head in agreement.

  "Good. Take her back." He told the maid standing by the door.

  Rinaye and the Maid walked all the way back to the ungodly eyesore that was the room she now resided in. Down the stairs, down the hallway. Quicker than before, since Rinaye had murdered the shoes that had trapped her feet. As soon as she reached the pink horror, Rinaye almost shredded the dress she wore just to take the monstrous thing off. She pulled off each and every one of the pearls on the now ruined dress and dropped them in a small container she found lying around. Her emergency fund was just starting, and to get out of this crazy house, she would need quite a considerable amount. She found a nightgown in one of the drawers of the wardrobe, slid it on and climbed into the huge, but comfortable bed.

  Rinaye couldn't fall asleep for a while, even though it was almost dark. Those people woke her up to go see her father around midnight. Crazy bastards. All she could think about was if she really was going to see Allison again, or if she was just going to meet a really fancy spoiled brat. These thoughts swirled around in her head until she finally fell asleep.