nicured lawn, an outsider in the sprawl
, had been the trusted fixer for t
gaping hole, lost to a suspicious "a
, the patriarch's ruthless second
as now simply "Ellie," an insignificant s
mistaking her keen observation for dull
ed at erasing Maria' s influence,
vastating loss of her only family, confront
ness or their ruthlessness, find justice when everyone
eath the surface of this se
however, burned a cold, calculated
lous planning, Ellie would now pose as a quiet "intuitio
y their power, and ensure that Maria' s m