My Fiancée Threw Scalding Soup at My Helpless Mother, but Our Housekeeper Shielded Her—Then I Discovered Why This Wasn’t the First Time
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Chapter 10 - VANESSA RETURNS Vanessa appeared outside the hospital at midnight.
Not glamorous now.
No stylist.
No driver.
No confidence.
She cornered Adrienne near the parking garage.
“You don’t understand what my father is capable of.”
Adrienne kept walking.
Vanessa grabbed her arm.
“I’m warning you.”
“You burned my housekeeper.”
Vanessa released her.
For the first time, shame flickered across her face.
“That wasn’t supposed to happen.”
“But it did.”
“My father said Eleanor was destroying everything.”
Adrienne stopped.
“Everything what?”
Vanessa whispered:
“Our family.”
Adrienne almost laughed.
Instead she asked:
“What happens if I keep investigating?”
Vanessa looked behind her.
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Then said four words.
“He’ll come after Marcus.”
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Chapter 11 - THE BOY WHO DISAPPEARED The next afternoon, Marcus didn’t come home from school.
Chapter 12 - MARCUS LEAVES A TRAIL Marcus was scared.
Chapter 13 - ROOM 317 Police breached the room at 3:42 AM.
Chapter 14 - THE FALL OF DANIEL HOLLIS Daniel arrived at work the next morning.
Chapter 15 - ARTHUR STERLING Arthur Sterling had spent sixty-eight years believing money made him untouchable.
Chapter 16 - THE WOMAN IN THE PARKING GARAGE Vanessa was attacked two nights later.
