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wrought-iron gates, heavy, frantic footst

! Stand right

furious, mottled purple. Right behind him hurried his wife, Linda Parr

had expected the same timid, plain girl he had banished five years ago-someone worn down by struggle and desperate for family approval. I

e airport, and now you humiliate your sister at her own birthday party?

voice as calm and sharp as tempered gla

es, Chloe. You revived Alistair BioTech in Europe, but that company belongs to the Parrish family. You don't have the backing to expan

d completel

ize the thriving biotech company I had built and hand it over t

ted contempt. "You abandoned Alistair BioTech when you thought i

gnation. "You were nothing but a plain, obedient shadow five years ago, and you're still

ouch Alistair BioTech, Richard, I will launch a full forensic audit into every asset you e

ock, his mouth opening and

rylic nails clawing toward my face in a hysteric

orward momentum with a swift pivot. Amber lost her footing completely, stumbling past me and cr

ambling in panic to pull her

d Eliza safe beside me, I turned my back on the pathetic s

t a long, trembling breath. "Chloe...

I said softly, st

om Solo: Safehouse ready for Eliza. Mother's lockbox secure