Why were they expected to just suffer in silence and take it? What made them any less than Jane and her daughter?
“That’s not it, Ms. Monroe, you misunderstood me, I never meant it that way.”
She didn’t even hesitate. “No, that’s exactly what you meant.”
Maybe he didn’t even see it himself. Jane and Alianna always made themselves out to be victims. After a while, everyone just naturally took their side, feeling sorry for them. Anyone who dared to disagree with them suddenly looked like the villain, no matter what the real story was.
It was like their weakness was their secret weapon, and no one seemed to realize it.
If even someone on the outside was ready to take Jane and Alianna’s side, what about Ray? He didn’t stand a chance at being impartial.
Luke rolled his eyes. “Madeline, don’t even talk to him. Let me teach him a lesson and send him packing.”
Even Luke was losing patience with all that talk.
I glanced back and nodded at Zack, then pushed open the car door and stepped out. “Luke, just let him go.”
He frowned. “You’re really going with him?”
I gave a slight smirk. “If I don’t, Ray’s going to show up at my place asking questions anyway. Isn’t that right, Zack?”
Zack gave a polite nod. “Please, Ms. Monroe, this way.”
Luke tried again. “I’ll come with you.”
I shook my head and raised my hand. “No need, I’ll handle this myself. Let’s get it over with.”
Riding in Zack’s car, I stared out the window in silence. Not a word, not a single expression on my face. The world flew by and I let it, refusing to break the quiet.
I didn’t want to talk to Ray, not when I knew he’d be standing up for Jane and Alianna again. But he always did. He’d never even try to hide it.
After a while, we drove past a wide street and onto a lane bordered by trees. The place was remote, but when the car stopped, it was in front of the kind of mansion you only saw in magazines—huge, imposing, impossible to ignore.
Someone here clearly liked plants. Flowers spilled out everywhere, rare ones, bright and extravagant, turning the yard into something out of a dream.
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