bay. He stopped, his chest heaving, his ey
g off his suit jacket and wrapping it tightly around her shive
ng sobs. "She pushed me, Julian," she cried, her voice muffled against his shirt. "She push
rs on the floor and the tattered remains of the white dress. A sma
on Evelyn. It was a look of pure, unadulter
their weapons. She stepped forward, out from be
camera pointed directly at the staircase, Julian. I suggest you
ctive rage. "I don't care what happened!" he roared. "She is sic
ay from the doorway. She ran at E
you mean mommy!" she screamed, her voice shrill with a
ckward. The heel of her stiletto caught on t
backward and potentially crushing her daughter, she twist
oor. A sharp, searing pain shot up her ar
Bianca cried out,
He saw his wife fall to protect their child. A flicker of something-
t move to
looked down at Evelyn, who was now sitting on the floor, cradling her injur
aphina," he comma
ing the throbbing pain in her arm. Bright red blood was beginning to seep through the sleeve of
the hand of their daughter, while he cradled his mistress in his
atened to fall. She would not give them the satisfaction. Her spine
e she had never given him before. It was the l
d, her voice qui
ching something deeper. A flicker of unease, of panic, crossed h
sing again, "I will use every resource I have to make
ollow sound, filled with a terrible, liberating sa
was hiding behind his legs, peering out at her. The last
her voice turning to ice. "I will show y
rough the front door, pushing a gu
gurney, murmuring soft, comforting words to
otting to keep up as they whee
shredded pieces of the wedding dress. Evelyn stood motionless in the center of the
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