essed into the wet dirt. A heavy combat boo
spitting mud from his mouth. "
in his arms. He nodded once to the guard. The guard eased
daged fingers. He pulled out a folded, crumpled p
egal papers! I adopted her! She was a stray,
in Enoch's hand. Her entire body shook with rage. She looke
SUVs. He was the Barrett family's lead attorney. He wal
sses. He scanned the docume
e internet. The signature is forged, there is no notary stamp, and it
ing a bandaged finger at Clare. "She's ungrateful! I fed her! You owe me!
ground, nodded frantically. "She's a spoiled
low step toward Enoch. His hands curled into
small voic
one f
eve's arms. Her voice was quiet, but i
ilas. "He made me sleep in the woodshed. He beat me with
burned hands. "He tried to hit me. The
Enoch roared, struggling
wn the collar of her ruined sh
anvas of overlapping scars. There were thick, raised welts from the
th her hand, her eyes wide with horror. A
ars. The last thread o
shirt, hauling him halfway off the ground. Silas pulled h
nose shattered. Blood sprayed across th
emale guard stepped on the back of
er down. Genevieve hesitated,
fake adoption paper from his hand. She walke
paper in half. Then she ripped it again, and
per fluttered down like dirty snow, l
hispered to him. "This is jus
ack and forth. She looked at Clare and started
ned her g
s over his head, terrified she was going to crush his mind
The Barrett family's money and guns were terri
account, seize the land, call in every favor. I want
rs flew across the screen. "Done, sir. Th
toward the warm, idling SUV. She di
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