Chapter 19

Pearl dashed upstairs, storming into her bedroom.

Without hesitation, she began hurling everything in sight-pillows, perfume bottles, picture frames—anything within reach went crashing to the floor.

Even with the door shut, the furious clatter echoed down the hall, unmistakable to anyone nearby.

Laura stood waiting outside with the family doctor, hesitant to knock.

She'd worked for the Vaughan family for over twenty years, not just as a maid but as the housekeeper who knew every secret and every child's temperament.

Laura had watched Pearl grow up-headstrong, willful, always used to getting her way. Back when everyone believed she was the Vaughan family's real daughter, her outbursts were tolerated, even indulged.

But now, with the truth out and Pearl exposed as an imposter, nothing about her had changed. If anything, her temper had gotten worse behind closed doors.

thinking. Why keep

unleashed

was there to back her up—and

was Isadora's shield, her beloved, then Pearl would simply

smile as she pulled out her phone and opened her

never been friends, but they shared a common enemy. Pearl had visited her in the hospital, and the

message, Pearl finally felt

doctor in to tend the angry bruises on her neck. After all, there

gentle strains of a waltz

the diamond necklace, but seeing Magnus so protective of her, she forced herself

decades; the family's wealth and status mattered to her. And no matter Isadora's flaws, she was her own flesh

connection with the illustrious Wainwrights. Eleanor decided to strike while the iron was hot, planning to bring

Isadora swept Magnus away

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