of the black Aston Martin parked o

the air was th

ssively dragging on a cigarette. His ey

e Holtz, Etienne's right-hand

leek tablet ont

tienne demanded, his

registry for the golden anniversary party at the estate yo

natched t

he photos. Elderly billionair

rder. She was wearing a

up to the second floor yesterday. The house belongs to the Harriso

nne

ed dangerously clo

ay. The low hedge. The Doberma

nst the steering wheel.

" Etienne snarled, the realization

inked.

the Harrisons?" Etienne dem

d. "The Reeds. Old

eir guest

ockdown last night. Total media blackout. Word on the street is

ed out the windshield, his che

here. Behind a

side the Reed estate, th

ors of the formal din

freezing marble floor. She w

owed, forcing her s

head of the long table, hi

h sneered fr

window, her eyes red

y life!" Chel

shattered against the marble floor right at Katelyn's feet. It held a close-up of the blood-red skull painted o

welled up, dripping

idn't wipe it away. She just

against the doorframe, s

n drawled. "She's a psyc

lat against the table. Th

fell de

owly around the table, stoppi

, his fingers digging painfully int

d obsessive, roam

?" Arnett demanded, his

ed her eyes

d, her voice breaking perfectly.

ned until she though

The smell of his stale cigar sm

veins as your whore of a mother," Arnett spat,

lyn's fingernails bit so deeply in

ed her, keeping the expl

oved her

rnett ordered Meredith. "And burn every s

iciously. "Lock he

ady sniffing around. I won't have them f

elyn's arm and dragg

hind her, Katelyn walke

the blood dryi

stopped. The

nder the floorboards beneath her be

asterpiece.

over the chaotic,

phone buzzed

morrow. 3 PM

d back: "I'l

d in half and threw the