on Long Island, stopping in front of a house sur

her eyes grew moist. This was where she had lived with h

he's been waiting for

tting in a rocking chair by the fireplace. When she saw Ch

ild." She ope

, hugging her ti

Esthe

ars apart. Esther confessed she had tried to stop Chloe

clining situation had also made Ch

ed for her you

n turned serious. She pushed a fi

Montgomery family, there are th

ite Industries, a company that had once been a leader in technolo

father's death was a suicide cau

of poor management," Esther said, pointing

by a rising competitor, causing the company's funding to collapse a

k Chloe like a

. Scarlett Finch'

led. "So, my fa

stole his life's work, but they also used the media and unfair busine

ion began to form

three years ago and her retu

sent a chill

was no longer just about a man. It was conne

ed her anot

father placed them in a trust under your name before his de

oked up

tect you. The world believed White Industries was gone, and no on

ed a hand o

de to do next, your grand

ment tightly, her gaze

ng that belongs to us. I'm going to make

watching silently

y own connections. I can help you find

. She knew she wouldn't be wal

ification" was underway

ture and decorations Chloe had once used, replaci

ormed, erasing the traces of its fo

d-floor balcony, watching i

her phone and

eetly when the call was a

nd was one of the Finch f

te is back. And tell him that three years ago, she was the one who used despicab

enomous smile pl

She would use the full power of the Finc