top-floor boardroom absorbed the sh

ed black suit. She walked in

ss the oval mahogany table was Jo

er left wrist was wrapped in a thick white ban

hair. He stood in front of Jocelyne, glarin

her chair opposite them. She sat do

e polished wood table. It landed

do this?" Her voice trembled perfectly. "You're destroying thi

cut through the room like a blade. She didn

d out a stack of glossy 8x10 photographs

right in fron

o, exactly one hour before the hit-and-run. She was chugging ch

She lunged forward, her bandaged han

ip of her metal pen down hard, pinning

our estimated blood alcohol content at the time of t

ing to see the photos. Jocelyne frantically p

re was no motherly warmth left. Only the col

an used, "the scandal will cause the Ware Group's stock to plummet by at least twel

y stunned by the flawless, ruthless

osing her grip on her audie

hysterically. "You photoshopped

tched Jocelyne's meltdown with the detache

pies," Annabelle said casually. "If I don't cancel

rom her chair. Her elbow knocke

ntly across her pure white cashmere

er hands and ran out of the

" Leo yelled, c

mother, his young face contorted with

he looked down and start

, a small security camera bl

an sat frozen in front of his monit

't recognize the ruthless, terri

s hand snapped in half. The j

e wall. He stormed out of his office