promise

back to the house, bruised and broken, the mansion was empty. Silent. Julianne wasn't t

beginning to stain the sky a sick

e stood

d silver paint was smeared with dirt and tears and blood. Her eyes, those beautiful, artistic eyes, were hollow. E

rushing down the stairs. She saw Julianne and let out a strangled cry, he

tic. Barbara was stabilized, a mild heart episode brought on by shock. But Julianne... Julianne

grief and fury raging inside her. She called Everett

te hospital room as if he were dropping by for a casual visit.

ice?" he asked, his v

rage. "I told them everything. What you did. W

on didn't change. "

ev

ve hand. "Kaylynn was just trying to... liven things up. She

Everett! Sixteen!

tone bored. He pulled out his checkb

the slap. Charlotte' s hand struck his face, the

, a slow, cold smile spreading across his li

is phone. He

ound of Julianne' s screams. The sound of

ng from her throat, but his guards, who had materialize

If you don't drop the charges, this video goes public. Think of Julianne' s reputation. Her future. T

ter' s pain as a weapo

a small sound from

s head whip

. They were fixed on the phone in Everett' s hand, wide

tte. Her lips formed

en she

bed, the next she was on the windowsill. The wi

te screamed, fighting a

was t

empty look, Julianne leaned

were the last thing Charlotte heard b