as, her finger pressing the d

ered how afternoons were usually quiet, each fa

ime housekeeper. Her eyes flew wide at the sight. "Is that

Tricia covered her mouth with he

. As far as the Morgans were conc

r how Tricia had spoken to Mai

just here to pick up a few of my things." The

place felt empty - eerily

d after her in a fluster. "Miss... uh, Maia, what e

ing I need should still be in

a blocked her path. Her gaze darted everywher

ia's forehead. Someth

calm edge. "Trici

d her. "Miss Morgan cleared everything out after you were imprisoned. A

ttling in. "Everything?" So was the bracelet

from Tricia confirmed

, sudden and brutal, li

the guts to toss out her things unles

to toe, Maia clenc

gift to her - a symbol of love in

ide her, fierce a

an family, to leave the past buried. But

n the slightest cut through the room. "I

rned to

rt distance away, that same smug

her arm as if playing the dutiful dau

, Tricia slipped out of the

em, towering slightly over Maia as

ck in like this? Let me guess. With a record like yours, no one's gonna hire you. So yo

a thought - admit everything now. Post a public apology to the Morgan

ering with rage ever

ruised the Morgan name, and while he hadn't

eir home, he planned to crush whatever d

d now that she had returned to the house, Jarro

ce from Rosanna - that was all it would take for

the Morgan finances. Feeding her and offering shelt

e polite. A bit of humility wasn't too much to exp

de made his

a brow and folded his arms, fully expec

him without a single glance, he

vanished in

a had insulted publicly. Maybe this

h next shattered that assumption

rough her eyes before she painted on a look of pure innocence.

s eyes, the kind that di

ame out flat, stripped of emotion. "This is the last time

her cheeks. "I didn't mean anything by it, Maia. I just... I thought they'd wear ou

slap cracked through the room,