rters, Detective Captain Connor Price flicked a silver lighter ope

s leg with a broken nose, Caiden shivered unc

first degree, unlawful imprisonment causing severe bodily harm, armed extorti

wed me money! Officer, it was self-defense!" Caide

l

ce. Taken by a military-grade street camera across the avenue, the shots showed Caide

low. "Do you have any idea who that little girl you threw out the window is? She's the only biological granddaug

ey slapped you with ten million dollars in punitive civil damages. Under the federal Bankruptcy Code, will

Warm, foul-smelling liquid pooled beneath his iron

suite at the Long Island estate, Farrah slowl

orn, bloody clothes had been replaced with white silk pajamas, and cool, soothing ointment covered the

Waaah-

by little figure with a strawberry bandage on her forehead scrambled onto th

eath caught, and she wrapped both arms around her daugh

here... Oh God, th

k, and the steady heartbeat against her ribs, Farr

in flies away!" Clemmy reached up with a tiny hand to

open. Flanked by two stone-faced bodyguards, Ellwood B

immediately pulled Clemmy behind her back

my daughter and me? If so, I'll d

ice flat and cold. "I didn't save you. I saved the h

ght three years ago-the heavily wounded, ice-cold man she had hidden in a s

ned Citibank cashier's check, and pressed it down onto the

st of your life," Ellwood said, looking down at her like a judge delivering a sentence. "Clemmy is the only child left behind by

nish from Clemmy's world before sundown today, and never

k, Farrah felt the blood roar in her e

ed, planting her bare feet directly onto the freezing marbl

p across the room. "Clemmy is my life! There isn't a piece of paper i