Revenge: The Billionaire's Downfall

er hands were clammy as she stared at Dean,

r voice cracking. "It was my mother's.

cance, the memories tied to it, the way he

s. "Oh, Hayley, always so sentimental. It's just a piece of silver. Ar

Dean. "I can buy it for myself, of c

wrist, Karina raised

ars," she called out, her

eyes pleading. "Dean, I'll do anything. I'll never a

'I'll never ask for anything again.' How many times have we

rom Hayley's desperate face to Karina's

tely pried Hayley' s f

," he said, his voice dangerously lo

stant immediately raised his paddle. The bids escalated quickly,

. Lee's repr

. "I didn't do anything wrong," she whispered,

oice like a blade. "Say one mo

ught the locket to their table in a velvet b

cooed, casting a triu

m the locket. Her lips were w

alice. "Here, Hayley," she said sweetly. "Why don

he desperate, aching need to touch the locket

d went limp. She "accidentally" let go of the locket. It fell to the

broken pieces, her heart shattering along

ow could you be so clumsy?

She carefully began to gather the tiny, broken pieces of her mother's memory. A sharp ed

ask of cold disgust. "Stop making a s

r hand. The combination of hunger, pain, and heartbreak was too much. He

first thing she saw was Karina, sitting in a chair by the bed. Curled at

voice hoarse. Sketch was her cat, a small calico she had rescu

e stroked the Doberman's head. "He went to pick out a new

. Her life, her pain, meant less

Karina continued, gesturing to a bowl on the nightstand. "

on Karina's face. She knew, with a bone-deep cert

, holding her down as Karina picked up the hot bowl. They forced he

burning her mouth and chest. The Dober

conversationally. "He's very good at ca

he stared at Karina, a hor

ng Karina's arm, her nails digging into

o reveal the monster beneath. "Let go of me, you bitch!" she sh