ay of the Long Island estate. The tires tore deep ruts into the

from inside. Th

her heels clicking fra

shards across the marble floor. An oil painting

wearing a silk nightgown, her grey hair wild and tangled. She

ed in the doorw

e second-floor landing. He looked down

t the security guards. "Befo

Frederica. For a second, recognition flic

shrieked. "You s

up her hands, palms open

rabbed a heavy crystal ashtray

nd shattered against the wall behind her with explosive force. A sharp s

a stumbled back. Warm liquid instantly gushed d

od. She dropped the shears and curled int

r mouth. She rushed forward, dropping to he

ered, rocking the tremb

slowly. He glanced at Frederica, at t

king a mess

ood coated half her fac

tor! Where

"Lock her in her room. We have a board me

led Frederica off her mother. They drag

but Stone, her father's s

, wiping blood from her eye. "She ne

is a liability on my balance sheet,

derica that had nothing

arrying a black medical bag. He was the conci

omething low. The doctor nodded ne

t. The maids began t

wall, sliding down until she hit the floor. She press

stood o

d. "I do not want Easton th

contributed half her DNA. The last

he would make them pay.