mahogany coffee table, her wet c

azel demanded, her e

or this family. Since your father died, I have spent hundreds of thousands of dol

rough the room like a whip. "You bled it dry to fund Ch

as he stood up. "You ungrateful little brat! If it weren't for me, you

family gave us an ultimatum. We either deliver a bride for Nathaniel tomorrow morning at Cit

said, her jaw clenched tight. "If Nathaniel is such

stined for the top tier of New York society. You, on the other hand, are just an illegitimate stylist who sl

in. "Then go tell the Montgomerys that the Ster

foyer, but the heavy

mond earrings catching the chandelier light. She handed her wet umbrella to

Hazel," Evelyn said, her voi

cal mother, the woman who had abandoned her and Julian the second Greggory Ster

e shaking slightly despite her

without looking at her. "The Montgomery family doesn't care which daughter signs the regi

asked, her fingernails bi

the desk. "Julian will be moved to the Bellevue psychiatric annex by eight tomo

sure clamped around her lungs. Her own mot

ed, the horror thick in her thr

out a flicker of remorse. "He has no future. You do. You will marry Nathaniel, k

to the glass coffee table. "Sign the power

oked at the three people staring a

e, reached down, and p

triumphant gle

with both hands, twisted her wris

he room. She ripped it again, crosswise, and thre

f you touch one hair on Julian's head, I will take every ledger of my father's trus

ising his hand to strike

her eyes cold as ice. "Try it. See if I do

he door, slamming it behind her so hard

hisper. "Greenbrier Care Home? This is Mrs. Sterling. Cancel the private r