tes of the Estes estate, crunching over the wet gravel drivewa

pening it, she paused, turning her head sligh

thetic, shivering girl who had begged for

ight as a bayonet, her eyes dark, penetrat

ping into a clean, level baritone that sounded remarkably commanding. "I do not

from his tablet,

s face slipped. Those were not the eye

r irises-the look of a veteran officer who had wa

pped out into the drizzling rain. She didn't look back once a

e front. "Should I notify Mr. Ster

eep furrow forming between his dark eyebrows. "No. Tell Sterling to hold the draft.

on, the air was

eplace, his heavy face flushe

, shivering hysterically with a glass of brandy in her hands. On the coffee table l

the mahogany mantelpiece. "To send such a disgusting, violen

found out that Jared came to dinner last night, and

time. Justine has crossed the line into criminality. If the press finds out about this...

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rs swung open, banging har

alked int

il dress was torn at the shoulder, streaked with oil and

ed room like a conqueror

at you! Crawling back from whatever filthy gutter you've been rolling in, looking like a common

g, furious finger a

creaming father, ignored Darlene's gasps, and sank effortlessly into the large leather wingba

bows on the armrests, and looked at the three of them with

t left Victor paral

stine said, her voice quiet, reso

nger girl shrank back against the sofa cushions, a

mile touching her lips. "If I had decided to terrorize you tonigh

here drinking brandy-you would be in the trau

lent. Even the grandfather c

d. Darlene's fake tear

r wasn't the weak, desperate girl

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