to the lavishly dec
trail of muddy, wet footprints
ofa. He lowered his copy of the Wall Street Journal,
the head of the room. He held a crystal glass
pped into the room,
er in the car!" Cindy pointed a shaking fing
s to spill over her lashes. She shrank back against
s down on a side table
nd apologize to Mom!" Dustin r
aight past the sofas, heading directly for t
stal tumbler and filled it to the
No manners at all. She doesn'
around, holding t
d the sofa where Kaylei
her, assuming she
leigh. Without a single change in her f
r poured directly over Kayle
ed her makeup, sending black mascara running down her cheeks. The
rror, covering her m
ss down on the coffee table so
h!" Dusti
an enraged bull, pulling his
cted with the pure, violent instinct sh
her hips and sides
lamming his chest hard against the marble bar. He gasped, the wind knocked out
dy to intervene, but h
silver letter opener from the bar.
light of the crystal chandelier, g
ence. The only sounds were Kayleigh'
wn at them from her
he room like ice. "I know the maids put moldy food in my room. I know you only
ed. He realized, in that exact moment, that
p, his che
ned, his voice shaking with rage, "I will cut off your
's mouth twitched upwar
e silver lette
wa
expensive mahogany coffee tab
ly, pressing herself i
red dead into
," she said, emphasi
ant to sever all legal ties. I don't want
t her defiant face. Slowly, a dark, m
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