swept across the massive manicured lawns o
hipped the thin fabric against her legs. She gripped the handles of Jare
amily elders who did attend sat with faces carved fr
ible and cleared his th
p from the front row. The loud scraping of her chair
. She raised her hand and violently hurled a thick s
cratched Carlota's cheek. The pictur
d nightclub. She had taken the job to pay for Graham's meds. The angles were delibe
r voice echoing across the estate. "You think you
ryone knows you are pregnant with a bastard! Some random stree
whisper loudly, their
so hard she couldn't breathe. She gripped the rubbe
is wheelchair around, placing his bo
barked, his voice laced with pure
are throwing away the family's di
e massive lump of shame in her throat. She bent down, her knees tr
ny from the shadows with venomous eyes. During the violent scuffle with Eleanora's security, Carlota's small designer clutch had fallen from the wheelchair's side pocket onto the gr
r hands inside. She pulled out a small leather diary
s an ultrasound report
rinted in black ink. She did the math in her he
with the night Donavan had been drug
rror. Carlota wasn't carrying a stranger's baby. S
st, shoving it deep into her own designer pur
y dragged Eleanora away. The priest rushed t
t Jared to deal with the elders and w
vy oak door open a
ed her by the arm and violently yanked her into t
es away. "You lying bitch," Harper hissed, her eyes
bs. She tried to keep her face blank. "
se and shoved it against Carlota's chest. "The dates mat
, her hands instinctively flying down to cover her stomach.
hless laugh. "You think I'm g
idestep Harper and
ands and shoved Carlota's shoulders
heels. Her ankles twisted
brutally into the sharp, solid
lid stone echoed in the room. Carlo
rug, curling into a tight ball. A blindin
, rapidly staining the pure white chiffon
n her eyes. Then, she coldly smoothed down her skirt, tur
the room. He saw Carlota lying
roared, his eyes turning
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