icked t
orce. The door flew open, slamming agains
e room shattered instantly. Conrad and Cin
ek. She scrambled backward, pressing herself
up immediately, using his broad s
vibrating with rage. "Following me here l
zor-sharp laugh. She didn
y against the hardwood floor. She walked straight to the
g out from behind Conrad's arm. Elisa's
She pulled out the thick
the hospital bed, right over Cindy's legs. Page
said, her voice cutting through the room like a scalpel. "You and your m
ips trembled. She looked up at Conrad,
bout!" Cindy sobbed, tears spilling ove
d clamped around Elisa's wrist. The veins o
hes from hers. "To come into a hospital and terr
her arm back with sudden, vio
ial wet wipe, and slowly, deliberately, scrubbed t
r action hit him like a physical blow
nto the floor. She looked s
eered. "But a few fake tears have turned your brain to
skin a dark, furious red. No one had ever spoken to him like that. His
her cold gaze
sa stated. Her tone left no room for negotiation. "If the money isn't there, I will
her fingers digging int
r. Looking at them for one mor
walked toward the door, he
y, she paused. She turned her
able life together. A bitch an
d out into
s chest he heave up and down as he strug
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