inutes

ring the Parsons campus. Curtis sat in the cavernous back

ketch had shocked him. He wanted to hand the tablet back to her himself,

glass, Curtis's eyes locked onto the p

man walking towar

Curtis couldn't hear a single word being spok

stepping back, but to his paranoid mind, she wa

fatal mome

d and yanked Allie h

d her hands pushing against Jerald's chest. All Curtis saw was his wife melting into t

elf at another man right in front of his eyes. That massive, sickening contradiction twisted his fury into something far darker. Every ounce of trauma, every sneer he had endured since the acci

down on the edge of th

lass screen of the tablet splintered into a massive

arview mirror and saw Curtis's face. It was the face of a demo

ay and fall to the ground. To him, it looked like the tragic

anded. His voice wasn't loud. It was a dead, hollow whis

ked to a halt a

vate security guards, built like bri

lute horror at the Maybach. She tried to push herself

ey simply grabbed her by the upper arms, one

grips crushed her already bruised

as the Deleon security team dragged a wo

phalt. Her dignity was completely s

shoved her inside with brutal force. Allie tumbled into

d shut, sealing

r chest heaving. She turned h

d of humanity, radiating a pure, murd

me," she cried, her voice trembling v

shattered tablet and hurled it violently at her

s massive hand shot out an

ck against the b

in the small space. "Do you think because I sit in this ch

cut off. She clawed weakly at his thick forearm, her lungs burn

isgusted him. He saw nothing but t

pulled out a handkerchief and wiped his finger

ough the intercom, his voice dripping with ice. "Conf

a beast. The car shot forward, te

ing violently. She stared at the floor. The tiny sliver of freedom she had just t