Carlisle estate. Before the driver could even get out, Blair threw open her door an

smear her makeup just so. By the time she burst through the f

ng a tea for two of her society friends. She let ou

iends forgotten, her voice sharp with alarm. She grabbed Blair's should

Aria," she wailed, her voice muffled against Meredith's shoulder. "She's gone mad, Moth

meaning of th

heodore Carlisle, the patriarch of the family, stood there, leaning heavily o

rp eyes taking in Blair's disheveled

ng daughter up the stairs. In the privacy of the hallway, Blair's sobs

d his imposing mahogany desk. "Tell me everything," he

ully edited version of events, painting herself as the concerned sister,

allow an entire bottle of sleeping pills by her hatred for Julian. She con

linched. The cane in his hand trembled slightly

r, she wasn't herself. It was like a switch had been flipped. She was screamin

id this. And Julian just watched. He encouraged it. He said

dripping with venom. "I always said that girl was trouble.

cking like a whip. The insult to his late daughter,

ent, a resentful

Aria, to give her the power of the Sterling name. He had thought it was the best way to secure her futur

in hers. "Grandfather, we have to get her out of there," she pleaded, her ey

. "The Sterlings are not a family we can afford to antagonize

o be mentally unstable... if a doctor determines that she is a dan

iant! Not only could we bring her home for treatment, but we could mana

. He saw their true motive laid bare: it wasn't

stammering, "It would be for th

ring sound. He picked it up. As he listened, the color drained fro

ice grim. He hung up the

cquisition has been blocked. Sterling Industries just initiated a hostile takeover o

h, Grandfather," she gasped. "It's just like

was his granddaughter, his blood, the only remaining piece of his beloved Elean

siness

andfather was gone. In his pla

f all emotion. "Contact Dr. Albright

a sets foot in this house, she will undergo a full psychiatric eva

rap w

-