Chapter 2052
After Cecilia left the detention wing, Norman fell into step just behind her, his briefcase clutched like a shield.
"Could you draft a settlement agreement? I want the court to consider a light sentence for Scorpius."
"Of course," Norman replied with a single, solemn nod.
They slid into the back seat of the sedan, doors thudding shut against the gray afternoon.
Cecilia leaned back, eyelids sliding down as fatigue pooled behind her eyes and darkness swirled, merciful and silent.
Time blurred until her phone shrilled. She jerked awake, glanced at the screen, and saw it was the director of the psychiatric hospital calling.
"Hello? What is it?"
"Ms. Smith, the patient named Stella Ross insists on seeing you. How would you like us to proceed?"
Cecilia's lips curved, the smile cold enough to frost glass.
"Still pretending she's unstable, is she?"
"She seems far more lucid now-probably dropped the act," the director answered.
"Understood."
She had assumed Stella could keep the charade alive indefinitely. Apparently, the walls of a psychiatric ward were rougher than the fantasy she'd woven for herself.
"Driver, to the
eye and take the measure of
meant little to
had not forgotten
reckoning.
the air smelled
bandages and bruises mottling every inch of exposed skin. The director and a nurse stood guard, wary
Stella asked, voice shaking so hard each syllable barely survived the
"Ms.
ward like a pebble tossed into still
the reverence in that single title, and jealousy flared so hot it scorched her
thin bitter laugh.
thriving now,
muttered. s
buy you time, a quiet hideaway. Instead, every hour in
nurse and spoke
never once seemed like a
hurried up the corridor. "Director-Ms.
"Understood."
his coat, the director strode off to greet
a friend of
the
rushed to the sleek sedan
stepped out, business heels clicking on the concrete.
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