s darting nervously toward the

ain her authority. "You are interfering i

itched in a cold, humorless smile. "Attempted mu

face pale with pain. "We are just helping my mother f

'legal', Charlott

ernon had dropped on the edge of th

Will and Testament. It explicitly transferred the owner

At the bottom, next to the signature

ying grandmother to p

rom Charlotte's throat. She h

voice shaking with pure hatred. "She is dyi

ds reaching for the papers. "

sing his massive frame to block Ricky's path. His dark eyes lo

e top of the forged

thick paper ripped down the midd

lged out of his

and ripped them again. She tore the document over and over

into Vernon's face. The pape

eritance destroyed,

tal bed. She reached her hands out, aiming directly for

elf over her grandmother's chest

back of Charlotte's neck, dragging downward

pain escaped C

s darkened t

k of Brenda's collar. He lifted th

hurled Brenda again

vy thud and crumpled to the

e grabbed the heavy metal IV pole next to the b

bodyguards stepped forward. He delivered a

he floor, dropping the

ched, continuous ala

ing red. The green jagged lines on the scre

bottomless pit. She spun around and

lf-open, rolling back. The stress of the atta

t onto the emergency c

tors and nurses rushed into t

veryone out!" the

yguards and jerked his c

Ricky by their collars and dragged th

lled shut, cutting of

old wall. She covered her face with her hands. Her shoulders shook v