Island was a monument to n

ked plastic, and a driveway filled with Bentle

cost more than a small house, but it did nothing to hide the cruelty in her eye

ping champagne. "I heard she's living in a motel in

oup ti

lass of water, trying to be invisible. Her family's pharmaceutical supp

ed her. Her

ilot fish," Candi sneered, l

"Hello, Candi.

is she? Did she roll here? Or d

n't like that anymor

or screen lowered from the ceiling behind the small stage.

as Katarina from five years ago, mid-bite in

erupted i

ghed. "Disgusting. She wa

She stared at the floor, wishing

O

the ballroom were thrown open with enoug

d. The laught

acklit by the foyer lights. A long t

Click

the marble floor echoe

oat. She shrugged it off, letting the expensive

led throug

shed high on the thigh, low on the back. Her skin was luminous, glowing

crowd. She walked str

at?" a man

t a cel

ed. The woman walked with a confid

reached out a hand, her fingers long an

d. Her voice was smoky, ric

into those eyes-the only

Bella b

isper

hrieked. "That

The movement was fluid, lethal. She looked at C

Katarina said. "

shaking finger. "You're a fake! You had surg

he walked over to the projector controls. She h

otos," Katarina said, walkin

screamed. "Dadd

he saw Katarina. His eyes didn't show love; they showed calcul

said, spreading his

lding up a hand. She didn'

a stack of the printed photo

next to Francis, his jaw practically on the floor. H

on breathed

e with Candi. Candi was wearing heels, bu

otos so much?" Kat

the stack

t t