before the driver could pull away, a f

glass, was a grotesque mask of fury

driver to wait and lower

ripping from her hair onto the car door. "Pay us back? Wit

on't listen to her, Mom! She's bluffing! Without us, wit

elded for years. It was based on the carefully constr

but with the detached pity one might feel

voice calm. "An audit would be

d a triumphant look. They t

becoming crisp and businesslike. "Let's agree on a flat fee. A sing

nesswoman in her instinctively ta

ve fingers spread. She enunciated

Million.

ike a stone into a silent pond. For a mom

sterical laughter. "Fifty million? Are you

searching, probing, looking for the lie, for the crack in the facade. S

r your investment in me," Giovanna said coolly. "Wi

ing severance agreement. I cease to be your daughter in the eyes of the

inn. It's an excellent deal. You trade an asset that has clearly stopped performing for a mas

er eyes was unmistakable. But her rational mind was still fightin

touched Giovanna's

end of those three days, my lawyer will contact yo

ll be in your account shortl

hen the video I took tonight, along with a detailed account of my life in this ho

a che

n's face. She knew Giovanna

for a reply. "Drive,"

contorted faces away. The black sedan pulled smoothly away