The Reborn Genius Heiress's Spectacular Comeback

er's eyes s

wooden surface of the diner counter. The wood splinte

violently as if the thick, toxic smoke from the fire was still t

? Are y

h a glass coffee pot in her hand. Peggy's fac

it made her teeth ache. She reached out with a trembling hand and

the date star

e exact day the Hayes family was c

ith a golf club. The smell of gasoline. The suffocating heat of the flames. Celina bit down

avy growl of a powerful engine

urb. It looked like an alien spaceship parked ag

in her eyes vanished, replaced instant

pensive leather shoe landed right on the edge of a muddy

lack umbrella and pul

own street, her perfectly drawn eyebrows pulling together in a tight knot. She pulled a silk handkerchief

gical mother. The last microscopic shred of hope she e

wing Celina's gaze. "Someone

reached behind her back, untied the knot of her stained d

lina said. Her voice

backpack from the hook and pushe

bove the d

to toe. She took in the cheap, oversized t-shirt and the ripped jeans. T

ooked at Celina like she w

r?" Gary asked, his t

raight toward Elvie but stopped three feet a

in. She looked down

ice was sharp. "I am here to take you to Ne

excitement, the nervous fumbling that any

st nodded

ro emotion. She sounded like a

her neck. This was not the reaction she wanted. Her aut

dropping an octave. "Right now. I don't w

Celina

e?" Elvie

" Celina said, her voice unwavering. "I

ose pieces of trash do not belong in t

ed. She stared direct

m not going to New York," Ce

omach churned with physical nausea. She took a half-step back, shifti

glanced down at her diamond-encrusted watch. She didn

r teeth. She turned to Gary. "D

down the street as the dark clouds above began to ro