les of Ginny's cheap heels as she walked across the

black Maybach parked a

He had his phone out, his thumb scrolling rapidly

t out a loud sigh and looked up, ready

cked onto G

he expensive smartphone slipped from his hand and hit

The face underneath was breathtaking. It was a cold, untouchable kind of beauty that made his stomach knot with sudden, intense int

down at the broken phone, then slowly raised he

backward, nearly tripping over his own feet, and grabbed the heavy chr

o the cool lea

," she

to the highway. His hands gripped the steering wheel so tightly his knuckles turned white. He kept glancin

main road and approached the massive wrought-ir

driveway lined with ancient oak trees. It pulled into the circular

ide marble steps leading up t

ks. They had all heard the rumors about the illegitimate, uneduca

el day dress. Her hair was perfectly styled. A small, patronizing smile played on

ed, jumped out of the car, and jogged around to the back. He grabbed

of the dark interior. A cheap pi

ed away from the car and

died. The muscles in her cheeks twitched. Her eyes

whispers died instantly. The silence in the courtyard was

tures. She looked like a queen forced to wear peasant r

the expensive fabric of her dress. A hot, acidic wave of jealousy burned the

front doors

ped out onto the porch. She looked frail,

n the steps. Her eye

y. The face looking up at her was a mirror image of her own yo

d Anjanette's eyes, sp

been too weak to protect her from the family's cruelty. Ginny felt a tight sq

nic spiked in her chest. She had

wide, welcoming smile. She practically leaped d

home!" Coretta cried out, her voi

rms around Ginny's neck, to pull her int

smoothly took a half-step to the right and bent sligh

s snapped shu