e with her racing pulse as she pushed open the hea
ng bit into her skin, but it was nothing
stepped inside, he picked up a stack of New York tabloids and slamm
– STOCK PLUMMETS 12%. And beneath it, a grainy photo of the black cuffli
bloids, hungry for sales, had twisted "mysterious man left early" into "orgy." The un
cheek, feeling the raw scratch from the thrown papers earlier.
excuses, Adelia. They care about results. And the result is that you just wiped out millions in shareholder value in a single night! D
tched. "It wasn't
s company!" Enos slammed
being helped upstairs by Bonny, clearly disoriented. But the stock had crashed. The board needed a scapegoat. Sacrificing one daughter to save
ally stripping you of your inherit
wyer-stepped forward. He slid a th
ts your access to family accounts," Enos
oked her father dead in the eye. "You're not just disinheriting me. You're erasing me
ur mother is dead. And sh
crystallized in her chest. "My mother built this company from nothing. And you're han
nos barked, h
spered, the physical pain in he
" Enos said, turning his
barked, ignorin
her wrist, roughly snapping her corporate ID lanyard from her
ed, his voice utterly devoid of father
cutting off the sight of her father's back, Adelia stopped cryilevator plummeted toward the lobby, she made a silent, bloody vow. Sh
ing her mother had built. And she would destroy
elia stepped out into the storm, clutching the only thing she had lef
the driver. "A
e Compton tower one last time. "I'll be back,
years
JFK International Airport
red trousers and Christian Louboutin hee
She wore oversized black sunglasses, her posture
his face completely devoid of childlike wonder. He effortlessly pushed a
ingly charismatic social butterfly, clutched a plush doll,
oors opened. Adelia pulled off her sunglasses. Her eyes w
s trench coat. "Mommy, is this th
y exterior. She stroked Luna's hair. "No, baby.
ws says they lost three hundred million dollars last quarter. They don't have any money left. They're desperate.Also, I ran a facial recognition scan on the black cufflink photo from six year
forced her face to remain ne
s narrowe
se I s
e had started from nothing, using her mother's medical notes and connections. She worked in underground clinics, stitching up gangsters and performing secret surgeries for the wealthy. Three years later, she opened
private phone buzzed. It was
e device to he
eper. She was sobbing hysterically. "It's your grandmother! Elean
er stomach dropped so fast
emanded, her grip on the phon
octors to let nature take its course. He's going to let her die! He said it's 'God's will'
elia's chest. The air around
y way," s
nd spun toward the curb where a massiv
back doors. "Get
ipping the leather steering wheel tight enough to snap it. She slammed her foot on the gas pedal. The heavy SU
ispered to Leo: "Mommy's goin
up from his ta
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