e. She shoved a pair of oversized Tom Ford sunglasses over her swollen, re
the layout from the night her grandfather was admitted. She by
ummed upward. The sterile smell of bleach and rubbing
ors sl
long, quiet corridor, two of Haiden's ma
One of the bodyguards turned to ask the nurse
hall, grabbed the heavy metal handle of Room 16
ainst the wall with
in the ro
, her phone raised high, th
e, her skin almost translucent beneath the harsh fluo
ped tightly around Clara's frail fingers. His other hand was res
tragic fami
ping with acid. She stepped further into the r
crambled backward, hiding behind Haiden's long legs, b
nstantly. He spun around, shi
ack holes of pure, murderous rage. "Get out
ed closer to the bed, shoving
"What kind of pathetic tricks did you
She reached up with trembling hands, try
wet, tearing sound. The heart monitor beside the bed inst
n sna
could react. He snatched the phone out of her
pieces, glass and plastic
the bed, her hands outstretched, trying t
of his massive arms around her waist, locking h
ashed wildly, kicking b
eo screamed, sobbing hy
inley's sanity. She twisted her upper body a
until she t
his grip didn't loosen a single millimet
ared at the bodyguards stand
to the room, pushing past them to get to
kward out of the room. He kicked open the door to an emp
ngled mess, her chest heaving as she gasped for air.
t the wood, his chest rising and falling heavily. Blood seeped
haustion and despair
trying to force the words through his anger. "Leo i
ack and laughed. It was
reamed, pointing at the door.
heaved as the panic rapidly morphed into a wild, hysterical anger. "You destroyed the evidence!" she shrieked, pointing a shaking finger at him. "
is jaw. He realized then that she was completel
e exhaustion was gone. Only
ice dropping to a terrifying whisper, "I will dismantle Bl
ne at the absolute certainty in his
Finley spat, lifting her chin.
door, and ran down the hallway, lea
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