nothing was wrong. He tried to ki

hloe," he said

were poison. I couldn' t speak. I

confusion in his eyes, but the

e walls closing in. I was living in a

er, the doo

s Sca

ed in a sharp, white pantsuit,

dripping with fake sweetness. "I was ju

the house that she was set to inherit. She looked aro

, the word an insult. "Eth

, Scarlett?" I as

ou were at the party last night. You left so sudd

I' d overheard. This was a

e started arriving. Photographers, styl

"We' re doing a photoshoot! For Austin Monthly. 'Austin' s Power

e was going to humili

ssed Scarlett on the cheek, a gesture that fel

ling?" he a

our of us. I felt like a prop. Scarlett stood next to Ethan, her

arlett cornered me

er voice low. "But you don' t really have your father' s talent

flared in my chest.

ur house? Oh, sweetie.

approach. Her eyes went wide with fake fear. She slapped herself, hard

ou!" she shrieked,

e. He didn't ask what happened. He wen

o?" he roared at me, his

h her," I said,

Now," he demanded

t was too much. The room started to s

llap