Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 177

Chapter 177

But not anymore. Now, it was Annie’s turn to shine. She had everything she needed to rise above the likes of the Blacks to build a legacy that eclipsed even Emma’s most dazzling achievements. The pity and sympathy pouring in for her after the video had been more than she could have dreamed.

She took her backpack and gave the room one last. It was spotless, devoid of any evidence that she had ever been there. Then Annie took one deep breath, stepped outside, her heart pounding heavily.

Her next plan would require perfection, but she had no doubt she would succeed.

As she walked down the dimly lit alleyway, her smile grew wider Emma Black might think she has seen the worst, but Annie wasn’t done just yet. This was only just the beginning.

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Emma’s heart pounded as Alexander’s car screeched to a stop in the driveway. She did not wait for him to step out before hurrying toward the passenger side.

The moment she saw her mother, she yanked open the door and gently helped her mother out of the car

She pulled her mother into a tight hug.

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For the first time in hours, she could breathe, knowing her mother was safe. She buried her face in her mother’s shoulder, trying to hold back the sobs threatening to escape.

“Thank God you’re here,” Emma whispered, her voice trembling

the kids busy in another room. Brianna was already on the phone pulling every string possible to control the

to stay afloat. W2

weren’t just destroying Emma’s business;

to keep mute on issue, she had called a press conference to address the allegations and try to

She needed to let the world know the

pray

that

A select group of trusted reporters had already been invited to Brianna’s estate for the conference.

words seemed cold, a litle clinical; lacking the raw emotion she wanted to convey, but there was no time to rewrite them. Taking a deep

the hall. The normally easy–going man was yelling into his cell phone a

her.

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barked orders to whoever was on the other

secretary softly interrupted her

from crying, the exhaustion weighing heavily on her features, but she straighten up. This

shoulders and nodded, following her secretary into the small hall they had set up for the news conference. The sound of murmured

clicked, flashes briefly lighting up the room,

her heels clicking against the polished floor. Each

she turned on the microphone, She spotted

heart was thumping inside her chest as her gaze moved across a sea of faces waiting for her to speak. Now was

Emma Black, Chief Executive Officer of W2 HOLDINGS but also as a woman who has been accused and vilified in a manner no human being deserves. What you have seen, what you have heard, is not the truth. And I am