l shut, cutting off the noise
e balcony of The Plaza. It bit through the thin
apped against the cold marble. She muttered Vivian's
r heels clicked sharply against the sto
dshot. The makeup smeared across her f
swallowed her voice. "I was supposed to be the
the trash," Viv
the last thread
She aimed her hands directly at Vivian's chest, throwing her enti
tory drop
oppy, amateur attack
ess, Vivian shifted her weight to her right heel.
hit emp
ard. She shrieked as her feet
nded her left foot. The sharp stiletto heel
med chest-first into the heavy,
ac
ing ribs was loud,
ight ball, clutching her right side. She gasped, cho
her champagne gl
phia. She looked down
heel of her shoe directly onto the fabric o
ophia's hair. She yanked her
ivian whispered. Her voice was i
d. "I don't...
They dilated. A micro-expression of pure gu
hia across the floor, ignoring her screams. She forced
ng drop to the street below
Vivian co
a begged, clawing b
pushed her a
! She was jealous, she always hated you! She... she found the driver, I heard her talking
ation of her extended family's betrayal sent a
hed with the urge
ack and threw her onto the marb
dry-heaving from t
led out a silk handkerchief. She wiped her fingers m
tsteps pounded down
rthur's voi
ag herself toward the glass doors, leavin
he tilted it, spilling a splash of cold wine onto her own skirt. She
doors bu
cony, followed by three rep
r. Then he looked at Vivian, who was standing aga
He raised his heavy right hand high into the air
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