icked t

orce. The door flew open, slamming agains

e room shattered instantly. Conrad and Cin

ek. She scrambled backward, pressing herself

up immediately, using his broad s

vibrating with rage. "Following me here l

zor-sharp laugh. She didn

y against the hardwood floor. She walked straight to the

g out from behind Conrad's arm. Elisa's

She pulled out the thick

the hospital bed, right over Cindy's legs. Page

said, her voice cutting through the room like a scalpel. "You and your m

ips trembled. She looked up at Conrad,

bout!" Cindy sobbed, tears spilling ove

d clamped around Elisa's wrist. The veins o

hes from hers. "To come into a hospital and terr

her arm back with sudden, vio

ial wet wipe, and slowly, deliberately, scrubbed t

r action hit him like a physical blow

nto the floor. She looked s

eered. "But a few fake tears have turned your brain to

skin a dark, furious red. No one had ever spoken to him like that. His

her cold gaze

sa stated. Her tone left no room for negotiation. "If the money isn't there, I will

her fingers digging int

r. Looking at them for one mor

walked toward the door, he

y, she paused. She turned her

able life together. A bitch an

d out into

s chest he heave up and down as he strug