hat had once been intended for a servant. It was filled with disc
the space. It was just a c
icked tears as she pleaded into the phone. "Chase, you have to do s
assuring and arrogant. He would handle it. He would hand
a layer of old textbooks, were the few things that were truly hers. A few simple,
ing bathroom. She flicked on the light and l
ade too dark for her. Lifeless, mousy brown hair, the result of a cheap box dye, pulled back in a severe, u
hield. It made her invisible. It made t
t need it
were non-prescription, plain
down her back, wavy and thick. Its true color was a pale, cool
and began to work a cleansing oil into her skin. The yello
t, rosy undertone. Her features, once lost in the blandness of her disguise, were now revealed
mes, they were large and almond-shaped, the color of a stormy sky just be
s Gisel
a simple black long-sleeved t-shirt and a pair of dark-wash jeans.
e timid, awkward girl was gone. In her place was a woman of bre
been huddled together on the sofa, looked up. Their ja
ousy. She had always prided herself on being the pret
lence. She pulled out her phone
. The address is..." She gave the townhouse address. "Yes, that's right. I need everything
r shrieked, finally
she said, her voice dropping to a dangerously low pitch.
om her pocket. This one was from her l
ated a full audit of all expenditures made over the last ten years under your guar
"I'm sure your lawyers will be in touch. Aft
pping sprees, the vacations, the "donations" to their favorite charities-all of it
on sunlight streamed in, framing her in a halo of light. She leane
with a serene
ape of a large, blue-and-white movin
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