Chapter 5

Sean’s forehead veins were throbbing with rage as he spat out, “Quintessa, you little bastard.”

Quintessa mocked him with a sneer, “Yeah, I’m the bastard. The one you brought into this world. If you had just been shooting blanks, we wouldn’t be having these troubles now, would we?”

Sean was so exasperated pain gripped his lungs, “I should have strangled you when I had the chance.”

Leaning against the table, Quintessa laughed, “Yeah, you should have, just like you drove my mom to her grave.”

Everyone in town gossiped about how Quintessa’s mother was the homewrecker, but little did they know, it was actually Mrs. Young, the current wife, who was the real mistress.

as the second eldest daughter, but who would

pregnant, Sean had already set his sights on a

with the now Mrs. Young – Lilian Young – to falsify Quintessa’s age by a year, claiming that Quintessa’s mother seduced Sean while Lilian was pregnant with their

out of pity

her kindness and her magnanimity towards her husband’s

she got what she deserved, punished

the Youngs‘ belief that she was beneath their concern. When they were upset or in need of amusement, tormenting her seemed to lighten their spirits. For years, Quintessa’s existence in the Young family had been nothing but

memory, fueling a hatred that never subsided, burning inside her and threatening to consume her whole.

the age of eight, Quintessa was brought into the Young family, and

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severed from

Sean’s spine, and he abruptly realized that

to devour the entire Young family, even if it meant her

want revenge for your

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