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.

peaceful, deliberately disconnected from the American

I’d left behind.

during breakfast, his heart finally

meticulously updated his will, naming me as the sole heir to the Rousseau Group and his

forty–something woman in last season’s Chanel stormed the estate gates, demanding entry.

immediately recognized her as Sophie Rousseau–the adopted daughter who

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brief homecoming a living

to be intimidated

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 he found you in, instead of

contorted with rage

you little cunt,” she snarled, dropping all pretense of refinement. “I’m his real daughter! Twenty–five fucking years I took care of him while your whore mother ran off with some American nobody!”

out of my way! I need to see Papa

coldly, signaling the security team

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

You’ve turned him against

and I’ll ensure you leave

the marble foyer,

claimed that afte discarded” by Jean–Claude when he discovered her embezzling from

just to pay rent. You have billions–BILLIONS! You won’t even

down to her level, my voice

She built herself from nothing while you stayed here, pampered and privileged. And now you think

up, brushing imaginary dust from

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