i really like paul pov in this chapter. he wary of possibility that he will hate his son, and the fact that he can acknowledge that he and rudeus can grow to be better if they are still together, its really paul like if i can say.
As much as I don't like Paul's motive for this, it must be done, otherwise my ship would never sail. It's time for payback, Rudeus. Ghislaine route coming right up.
Hopefully the character development it's had so far isn't thrown away and follows the path of the original.
If that happens, it's going to be the biggest mess I've ever seen in a novel