at the Kirkland coastal estate f
d of the table, isolated between two distant, lower-tier relatives who point
eated at the opposite end, placed in the
t of her. The briny, metallic smell hit her nose, and her stomach immediately ro
le, Catalina's eyes locked on
ng with exaggerated, syrupy concern. "Are you not eating? Do you
stopped. The low hum of c
d their heads, their sharp, judgmenta
d deeply, his wrinkles deepening with displea
breath, trying to calm the ne
. "I've just been having some stomach issues lat
a hand over her mouth, her
voice carrying clearly down the table. "I suppose growing up in your old neighborhood, you probably
sympathy. It was a direct, brutal strike
earby let out muffled,
k. She instinctively turned her head, her eyes see
e word from him. O
ilver knife in his right hand, slowly and method
ed profile was as cold and unmoving as a marble statue.
her stomach. The fallout from their argument last
e grew sharper. She picked up her cryst
announced cheerfully. "I want to propose a toast to my upc
the table, her eyes locking onto Fr
her plate. The condensation was dripping down the stem. If she drank
nded as the jealous, bitter woman tr
ed at Em
Emery raise
ight of the candelabras. There was no sympathy
aid, his voice devoid of any emo
physical blow. It was a death sent
reached out. Her cold fingers wra
ck and downed the free
n her throat and hit her s
cramp seized her abdomen. It felt
or, turning a sickly, ashen white. She bit down hard on her lower lip to kee
action, turning back to Hudson
e table. Surrounded by the laughter and clinking glasses of the K
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