worn canvas duffel bag. The sound of the zipper c

up and loo

ng on the vanity was a velvet box containing a diamond necklace.

om door s

cup of coffee. Her designer heels click

etic canvas bag and let o

ng up your trash and going back to whate

abbed the handles of her bag

sideways, blo

mell of expensive perfume and bitte

e was no audition last night. Kurtis Kramer didn't have a role for you

's pupil

pure evil spoken out loud made her

h herself. "You should have seen Ethan's face when I showed him

. Ten years of playing the grateful, obed

ed the ca

ped Kellie across the face with

s head snapped to the side. The coffee cup flew out of her han

red cheek. She let out a

nto the room. When she saw Kellie crying and cove

ed. She raised her hand, aiming a

e shot her hand out and ca

n grip. Christal's eyes were dead

r voice dropping to a terrifyingly calm whisper. "Last night paid t

Esther's

. Esther and Kellie screamed curses at her back, callin

painting of the Finley family in the living room. She smirked at

ty. The sky was a bruised, dark gray.

over her head and stepped off the porch. Her cheap flats in

estate gates, heading

und the corner. It swerved aggressively, c

k window rolle

half his face. He looked at her wet, shivering body

e took a step back, trying to

there," Et

out, popped open a large black umbrella, and stood dir

e umbrella over him, keeping his expensive suit per

er. A cruel, twisted s

his fingers digging painfully into he

look like a stray dog. You really think y

hand and violently s

ey than take another dime from you," she

nished, replaced by something deeply sick and

lk away?" he whispered, hi

a folded legal document. He threw it hard against

nt," Ethan stated coldly. "The b

. Her brain couldn't process it. "You think I

until his lips b

. "You are going to spend the rest of your life paying for wh

and cold. He turned around a

erated, its tires splashing a wave of dir

n and directly into her bones. She had just escaped a den of wo