as she stood on the sidewalk. She hailed a Yellow Ca
her bones. The cab drove her back to the Upp
de into the keypad and push
light came from a thin, yellow sliver shining fr
t across the thick Persian rug, heading toward the kitchen. She neede
allway leading to the ma
door. It was a heavy, muffled panting,
e feet froze
same voice that had screamed at her and sla
Her hands began to
ngers pressing against the slight
er veins turne
e bed, her mother, Jayne, was wearing a sheer silk
ai Hospital. Her father, Garfield, was lying there right now,
e, violent na
all the way. It slammed again
e scrambled backward, pulling the heavy
. He tied the belt around his waist and turned to look at Jaelyn
haking hand, pointin
attering in the quiet room. "How could you b
't even blush. She smoothed her me
night, Jaelynn. Grow up," Jayne snapp
nside Jaely
eavy, crystal perfume bottle off the vani
gainst the wall, exploding into a
bbed a fistful of Jaelynn's
ard onto the h
round. The sharp shards of broken glass
ter. Instead, she sighed loudly. "You're bleed
ng up in her palms. She looked up at her mother. She finally sa
d Jaelynn's jaw, his fingers p
a cruel, ugly sound. "Your mother and I moved the assets mo
kruptcy wasn't a market failure. It was a
cket. He opened an email and shoved
from Mount Sinai Hospital.
e, and spread your legs for him," Artie whispered maliciously, "
y a suffocating, paralyzing terror. Her father's life was i
the headboard, lookin
voice cold and practical. "A woman's body
ow. They severed the last str
t a dry, b
ushed herself up off the floor, igno
hem with dead, hollow eyes
urned around and walked o
ntered her own bedroom, and
he hit the floor. She pulled her knees to her chest, burie
or exactly
e red, but the weakness was gone. Only a bu
her Chanel bag and pulled out the slig
Vale
trash. But he was the only monster big enough to drag A
clock. She slid the business card under her pillow and lay down in
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