through the empty
ering wheel so tight her k
t ahead flashed
The tires screeched against the asphalt
Her vision swam. The streetlights
e freezing night wind slapped her face, stingin
green. She stompe
illpower, she finally steered the car through
park the second it stopped moving. She shoved the door open and
rand Hotel, c
burly security guards. A swarm of paparazzi, tippe
r camera flashes were already going off, l
ead of securit
master keycard. The h
eir way inside like a p
the suite bl
was stripped down to his boxers, comple
orters
g at once filled the room. They captured eve
ng bedroom, Glenwood watched the circus unfo
d the heavy oak front door open. It sla
e main living ro
he was chewing nervously on her manicured thumbnail, waiti
t the sound
ting, and clearly drugged-a flash of wild joy lit up he
rushed
Hilary shrieked, intentionally making her voi
ied face. The memory of Hilary stepping
her right hand h
ac
ting flesh echoed shar
unce of her remaining
de. A bright red handprint inst
ide with genuine shock. She stared
pounded down t
ken by the noise, rush
w them, tears spille
e trembling perfectly. "I was just
looking at her. She grabbed Christa
t's wrong? You're burn
ace dark with anger. "What
y against her mother. She kept
orm the words. Her voice w
onight," Christabel said.
rage. The veins in his neck poppe
ble shudder. She bit her lip, her eyes darting t
point her finger a
red Hilary a slow
e carrying through the room. "I got away
of her stre
el's eyes rolled back, and she colla
oom exploded
call the family doctor. Eleanor so
her adoptive parents fawn over Christabel. Her fingernai
across the city, the
and passed out in a hotel room, hit the top
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