dfather clock ch
g room. Clara was sitting on the thick rug near the coffee table,
ently shoved open. A gust of cold
erwhelming stench of cheap, sweet perfume and stale alcohol r
rom his neck and threw i
vy leather shoe slammed directly into the center of Clara's
pressing her small back against the ba
down at the ruined puzzle,
he yelled, his voice echoing off the high ceilings
blood turn
offee table and positioned her body
ting with pure hostility. "Did you have a bad day playing
r, unable to process the tone of her voice. The m
finger right at her face. "You are a useless mother. You sit in t
ed her hand and slapped his fing
d don't bring your cheap whore's perfume
took a quick step back, his eyes da
d, his voice cracking slightly with def
. "Networking doesn't leave a bright
chin and slapped his hand over his left coll
ake a second later.
in his forehead throbbed. He raised his right hand hi
tepped directly into his space. S
e Wall Street Journal will have high-definition photos of my bruised face on the
olute, terrifying certainty in her eyes. She was
, spun around, and kicked the heavy
ass shattered into a thousand jagged
o her knees and covered Clara with her own b
shard of glass off her sleeve.
sight. Sleep in
roared, spitting as he spok
perty taxes on this estate are paid by my trust fu
He turned around and stormed down the hall, slam
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