Chapter 10

In a twist of poetic justice, Dad hired the same thugs to drag Victoria into the woods, forcing her to endure the exact brutality they had inflicted on me.

Victoria’s screams pierced the night.

She howled for Dad and Caspian between ragged breaths.

But no one appeared to rescue her.

“Why isn’t anyone coming for me?” she sobbed.

I had once asked the same question.

When they finally discovered her, Victoria was clinging to life. The medical report was unequivocal:

permanent paralysis from the waist down. She would spend the rest of her days in a specialized

bed, dependent on round–the–clock care.

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Dad and Caspian faced Class A felony charges for orchestrating the assault. The D.A. was pushing for

life sentences.

Their savage attempt at redemption meant nothing to me anymore.

In Monaco, Grand–père’s cliff–side estate commanded breathtaking views of the Mediterranean, the

massive property extending from the mountains to a private beach.

and peaceful, deliberately disconnected from the American nightmare

I’d left behind.

during breakfast, his heart

before, he had meticulously updated his will, naming me as the sole heir to the Rousseau Group and his personal fortune.

premier private hospital, a forty–something woman in last season’s Chanel stormed the

Sophie Rousseau–the adopted daughter who had

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homecoming a

Mom, I wasn’t about to be

nothing but my grandfather’s charity project,” I told her, examining my nails. “You should be on your knees thanking him for not leaving you in whatever orphanage

with rage when our eyes

snarled, dropping all pretense of refinement. “I’m his real daughter! Twenty–five fucking years I took care of him while your whore

of my way! I need to see Papa before you brainwash him

security team with a slight

has made it abundantly clear that you’re not welcome here. Not now, not

completely unhinged. “You manipulative bitch! You’ve turned him against me! This

and I’ll ensure you leave Monaco in a

she collapsed dramatically onto the marble foyer,

Between heaving sobs, she claimed that afte discarded” by Jean–Claude when he discovered her embezzling from

wailed. “Fucking disgusting old men just to pay

down to her level, my voice

clothes on her back because of you. She built herself from nothing while you stayed here, pampered and privileged. And now you think I owe

brushing imaginary dust from my Hermès

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