a
k in the passenger
th a focused, suicidal velocity, heading
roaned under his grip, the stitchin
essed about saving Serena
broken wing. The armed guards in the corridor, men paid to be immovable, flattened themselv
f the lobby in a few long stri
he demanded of the duty nurse, his v
ed behind t
ped out into
f the Family-a man who had resi
ed at the sig
ou doing he
ecting an aura of da
sister-in-law. Get ou
ut a harsh, b
showing up here playing
the counter, stopping
be found when Nia a
d, caught
d in stark, unfe
mean, dying
earched L
ne bewilderment
ffed, shaki
on her. She deserved better than a m
walked away down the corridor, his
tood
sciously clench
ear began to sho
roat, the small sound cr
Fal
his attentio
y three years ago
upils d
fists onto the
mpossible!
epping back against thing to steady, though
Family-funded clinic
ing finger at the
single month. Serena told me las
y, leather-bound ledger
e counter, opening it
Chloe were severed three years a
n at the neat
alcone. We had to relegate her
ling finger to a specific
ello cut off the
"Every month, like clockwork, we would receive a statement showing the funds had cleared. We did not rea
ermination notice. Serena's elegant, looping sig
a venomo
r took over Leo
of Serena's betraya
ken his vo
ade a harsh, rasping sound against the polished linoleum as he collapsed, his weight s
d, his fingers digg
shook violently as
er how Serena could
hed hi
lt no pit
same bloodstained cloth, p
up from t
extinguished all other emo
om his pocket and dial
ediately," Leo ordered, his to
muffled question t
Serena's pending fede
oke on the n
to apologiz
phone and ran b
his foot
ay from the curb, narrowly missing a delive
, pale profile from
through red lights as if they were
ogy meant nothing
years too late to deliver. And somewhere in the penthouse, Serena was already scra

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