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“Daddy! Help! Mother is flirting with Philip.”
“He’s doing what? Well…I suppose i can go and frighten him with my charm…Perhaps see if he would rather come onto me. ” Silas said to his daughter.
“You two are just disgusting! Just frighten him, Daddy,” she cried, trying to hold back her disgust.
“Oh…Well alright i can do that.” Silas said and kissed his daughters forhead. “Don’t worry…Daddy’s got this.”
(silas’s inner thoughts)
“Don’t kill him or seduce him. There’s some kind of magic spell on him,” she warned, embracing him as he kissed her forehead.
“Oh, well why didn’t you just say so Princess?” Silas asked and held his daughter. “I’ll see what i can do.”
“What? Do you just think he is like this all time? I know mother is…well, you know how she is, but Philip wouldn’t do this,” she explained, her voice still full of concern. “Do you not approve of him?”

“I know, Daddy,” she sighed, looking down to avoid eye contact. “But, he makes me happy. I haven’t felt this way in a...
“My darling…” he looked away and sighed. “I have spoken with this Philip…and though he seems sincere…He really isn’t the...