Broken Doll No More: Her Ruthless Revenge

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handle, I heard his twin b

mine. It is a little insulti

liance while you play with my toy,"

t I was the exception to their violence, but

nca House-my high school torment

sneered. "You were just a plac

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on peanuts. Anthony looked me in the eye and used my Epi

t to watch me scream. They pushed me into traffic t

d the baby

e. They thought I was just a n

the wedding, I w

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eplaced the image of the cross wi

hone screen, leaving the monsters behind to fin

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pocket, ready to tell the future Don of the Holden family that his legacy was secured-only

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tighter. Inside lay a small white stick with

. He was dangerous. He was powerful. But for

e. He had given me a ring. He had promised me safety.

e light up. I wanted to see the hard lines of his

, I hear

s Ant

anny. I do not know

hovered over th

cal to Anthony's. Low. Raspy. Dark. I

hing she has going for her. And she screams your n

ilt beneath my feet,

s the engagement to last exactly three years. She wants the little

ca H

yndicate. She had made my life hell in university. She had ordered h

hed. "I deserve a medal. Keeping myself pure

wet and ugly. "She never knows. She thinks your hands

My knees hit the floo

nights Anthony insisted on total darkness. The way he never spo

him. It wa

monster. And now, I was car

too

hink. I di

d the d

gainst the wall, the cra

m went

sofa, holding a glass of whiskey. E

hair. Same cruel eyes. Same sharp s

nuel looked like he had bl

ng in a velvet armchair

mile of a predator who h

ersary, Eric

e didn't scramble to cover hi

. "We were not going to

whispered, my voic

laceholder," Emmanuel s

ack, my ski

intimate with. This was the

ouch me,

ed. "You liked

e rise in

at Anthony. "T

dowry," he said simply. "She wanted your dignity.

e kissed her hand. It was a gesture

ing at me over his shoulder. "You are a nurs

k at her dress. It i

sh. She threw it at me. The bills fluttered through the

," Bianca said. "G

the floor. I looked at th

cket. The test

ctim. I was a loose end. And if they kne

didn't run. I wouldn't give them

t behind me, the first tear