nched over the white gravel

tone fountain. She took a deep breath, gra

s. The butler stood there, his face completely bl

m. The giant crystal chandelier cast a

he was holding a hand mirror, admiring

on a fake, sweet smile. "Carli! You're her

n on the opposite sofa. Her eyes locked onto the diamonds

ng a cup of coffee. She looked a

ffee table. "Keep that safe. You are not leaving Lilah's side t

nwound the string on the manila envelope. She pul

down onto the glass tab

ment rights," Carli said. "Or Lilah do

u speak to me like that! You are emb

ve been illegally skimming ten percent of th

ckly replaced by rage. She slammed her coff

ueezed out two fake tears. "Mom, why does she h

tapped her knuckles against

dy suddenly swung open. Howard, Carli's fat

room as he walked down the stairs. He r

the papers. He pointed a thick finger at C

up. She looked her f

He snatched the papers off the table. He read th

ick stack of papers and ripped them in half

d Lilah

luttered to the floor. "If you don't do exactly as you're t

move. She d

out three identical copies of the a

ead calm, "the IRS gets an anonymous email tomorrow morning det

Howard's face turned purple.