Rising From The Ashes Of Betrayal

echoed through the cavernous foyer. It was a

ceased. Four pairs of

pped and glued back together. Her lower lip trembled-a practiced quiver. Doloris was stroking Karly's h

kles were white where he gripped the

past, this weight would have crushed her. She would have hunched her shoulde

aight. She looked at them no

ted "interrogation spot" in front of the coffee table. Inst

wspaper shut. The sou

hur said, his voice a low rumble.

ed water into a glass. She watched the liquid swirl, clear and pu

, turning slowly to lean

, strangled sob. It

red to Doloris, loud enough for

"Stop acting like a brat, Kala. That vase was from the Ming Dynas

er that cost more than her foster family's car. He th

utting through the emotional static, "why was it placed

nothing came out. It was a valid point.

"I... I went there to find Snowba

The white

water in her gl

e gaining a little strength

Arthur. "Because Dad is violently allergic to cats. Snowball is strictly confine

on the room. It wa

t Karly. "She's right. The

ked very dry. She had forgotten. In her haste to construct a v

hing else," Karly stammer

sake, Kala! She was confused! She was traumatized by your aggression! W

It was a short

sn't even in the hallway when the

w steps to stand behind his father. "We heard t

rrected. "After I ran from the li

Archer accused. "A

s down on the mar

ter of the room. She stop

the vase. And I certainly won't apologize for a

ped forward, his fists clenched, "I w

y looked at him. He was a bu

ze?" Kala repeated

dy challenged Archer. Nobod

t, casting a long shadow over Kala. He was

ice dropping an octave. "Then you wi