ed the scree

a greeting, Damian Garza's voi

to the Long Island

nna's stomach twist into a tight knot. He di

ed check on the rug. She grabbed her Por

Garza family's North Shore estate. The massive iron gates clanged

very maid they passed quickly lowered their heads, staring at the floorboards. The butler's averted gaze, the maids' sudden deference tinged

en the heavy oak

ting rigidly on the leather sofa. Their

medical envelope. The logo for the Mount Sinai DNA Te

thick stack of papers and hurled

oing off the high ceilings. "A pathetic, wor

rembling fingers reached down a

he bottom of the first page. 99.9%

ut of her lungs. The

l swapped you. She wanted revenge against the rich. She took our re

forward, reaching out her hand to seek the

hand away so hard it

na's personal space, his

nd our real daughter. We are bringing her b

And what about me? What ab

omery family cannot know about this scandal. Your only value to this fam

hest. She had just lost her bloodline. She had

straighten. She looked

ady cheating on me?" she ask

nd flew thr

like a gunshot in

side. The metallic taste of bl

you will smile and play the perfect Mrs. Montg

ain. She looked at the two people she had called parent

d on her heel and walked out the door,

lothes as she walked out of the main h

f her Porsche. Before she could star

gomery. Her m

eep, jagged breath, swallowing the bl

id, forcing her voice into it

er?" Eleonora's crisp London accent dripped w

eering wheel until her

ealous streetwalker," Eleonora warned coldly. "If you cannot handle your

by her mother-in-law made Aryanna's vision go dark at the

ize. She would beg for for

toni

actly how I see fit," Aryanna

g up th

low, guttural sob ripped from her throat, sounding

head, the tears were gone. H

he gas pedal, and tore out into the dark