was persistent and cold, turning the dirt
white daisies before a small granite headstone. The ston
st the wet stone. Her voice was cracked, barely audible above the drumming
eeped into her skin, numbing the pain in her sprained ankle
violently in he
ame Chloe Sterling, her steps
the phone buzzed
brier Care Home right now and can
from her face. She hit the green but
hloe?" Hazel's voice
tched, mocking voice came through the speaker. "Fi
or I h
rp and entitled. "The Montgomery family sent their formal marriage proposa
ou were the one boasting about marrying a Montgomery for the last six
ed nobody who doesn't even hold a seat on the board! He spends all his time painting in Europe and doesn't get a single d
them," Hazel said coldly.
Julian's facility. If you aren't standing in the living room in forty minutes, he'll be out on the street
ouch him!" Hazel yelled,
pilling from her eyes. Julian Sterling, her younger brother, was nineteen. He could barely speak five sentences
sed her muddy fingers to the sto
cemetery gate and flag
r, tossing a crumpled twenty-dollar bil
pers squeaking against the windshield. Hazel pulled h
ining the trust fund left for Julian until there was nothing left. For the past four years, Hazel had wo
wrought-iron gates of the Ste
kle, and marched up the stone driveway. She shoved the front door ope
ing two fingers of scotch. Beside him stood Chloe, wearing a
ening as he saw Hazel's disheve
setting his glass on the side table with a
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