Chapter 20: Rumination
Kagome had nothing against Tony Stark.
The man was merely a stranger to her, one with which she just so happened to share DNA, but that was their only connection. As such she felt no pressing need to reveal her carefully guarded secrets to the man. Yet, he was still her father and that fact gave her pause. She had lost many things in the last three months; however, the morals her mother instilled in her were not amongst them. This man may have been a stranger to her but he was also her only hope at staying free. The thought twisted her stomach into knots. She did not want to depend on this perverted man's good will to maintain her freedom, but she had no choice in the matter. Not with her mother's threat hanging like a guillotine over her head. Tony Stark was her one chance to escape the shackles which awaited her in Japan. And he was still looking at her waiting for an answer. What could she tell him? What answer could she give that would reveal everything and yet give nothing away? As she stared blandly into those brown eyes her mind twisted in turmoil, looking for a solution, an easy out. Her eyes closed as she lost herself in contemplation, absorbing the silence surrounding her. She was unsure how long she had be trapped within the frenzy of her own thoughts, but she had finally found it. A multifaceted answer to his multifold question.