es of his eyes webbed with red. A knock sounded at the door, and Kerr Thompson wa

ass table, Kerr frowned slig

oint family breakfast on Long Island," Kerr said

e. "Do I really need to waste my mo

llway leaked online last night. Consortium shares opened down two percent in pre-market trading. Yo

t woman is still locked in a Long Island basement reflecting on her actio

ning light cut through the damp dark. Two maids undid the nylon straps around Elissa's wrists and ankle

osed the blood and dirt off her freezing skin with cold water. Elissa didn't fight them, her eyes as flat and emp

pects you in the main dini

sleeves hiding every ugly welt on her neck and arms. Walking over to the vanity mirror,

the thick paste over the dark circles under her eyes and the red marks along her jaw, blending it smoothly into her skin. Then she pick

ntouchable heiress. Stepping into five-inch black heels, Elissa straightened her

elations team, several invited journalists and photographers had been granted access to the estate to document the occasion. Their cameras were positioned discreetly near the dining room entrance, rea

spoken, and she had made it very clear whom she blamed. Hayward sat at the head of the

mily. The chair immediately beside him had deliberately been left vacant for Elissa. Alysia, meanwhile,

t beside him, the position the two families had deliberately arranged to p

minent position, but the Stewart family's public relations team had insisted tha

hire bracelet around her wrist. Elissa's eyes rested on the blue stones for a single second

rward. "Elissa, I heard you didn't rest very well out he

what "resting on Long Island" meant. Kurt frowned slightly, a

the saucer with a crisp ring

it's still not as impressive as that piece of

flying up to cover the bandage as she

Elissa turned her cold

teach me?" Elissa asked clearly. "Allowing an outsider to sit a

eyes, staring hard at the woman sitting besid