ong corridor and pushed open the
d dead in
e ripped open, her few items of clothing thrown carelessly across
sonal maid. In Brenda's hands was a delicat
Cynthia had left of he
seemed to drop ten degrees. Her eyes locked onto the s
ounced Inger's arrival. Her aunt strolled into the room
asked, gesturing to the
o the Church family tomorrow and call off this ridiculous engagement. Yo
e. Her breathing w
I will take a hammer to that piece of junk. You'l
e expected Cynthia to fa
forward. The sheer intensity of her icy stare
to blackmail me," Cynthia said, her voice eer
dy of this house! Everything in it belongs to me! I can smash that statue to dust,
e of her mouth suddenly curved upward
t she caught the triumphant, gloating smile stretching across Inger's cruel face, a freezing wave of absolute clarity washed over her, chilling her to the bone. She forced her expre
loudly from the
l take a hammer to t
ngs to me! I can smash
from her face so fast she looked like a corpse. She stared
ng forward like a wild animal, her ma
r's wrist, twisted it sharply, and shoved her backward. Inger
al whisper. "Extortion. Grand larceny. Blackmail. I wonder how the NYPD will handle this. Or better yet, the New Yo
aved, her eyes wide with genuine terror. The thre
d and locked eyes with Brenda
n," Cynthia
tatue in her haste to place
," Cynth
he shot Cynthia a look of pure, venomous hatred, but she didn'
n statue with both hands. Her thumb gently brushed away a speck of dust from the carved woo
n encrypted cloud server. The war in this house had just e
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