t the police station, the chief dropped the evidence like a bomb. Chloe’s face went sheet–white, her manicured bnails /bdigging into her knees. I sat froren, mouth slightly open like a broken doll. Ron just kept swallowing, his Adam’s apple bobbing like a fishing float in rough waters.

Lily

Mason had assumed he would get off clean until the surveince footage showed him dragging Vivian into a car. Now he was facing charges as Chloe’s partner in crime, Mason couldn’t believe his ears. He grabbed the officer’s sleeve and shouted, “Chloe’s healthy? That’s bullshit! She is bobviously /bsick

The officer shook him off. “Drop the act. You’re in this up to byour /bbneck/bb. /b

Only then did Mason realize Chloe had yed him like a fiddle. She had been perfectly fine ball /balong A bitterugh escaped him. Then his mind shed to Vivian. Guilt twisted in his gut. He knew he had wronged her, and secretly decided he would spend the brest /bof his life making things right.

The Quinns couldn’t get Mason out, so they rushed to the Hart house mad as hell. But the guards locked them out, making Mrs. Quinn scream and shout like a crazy woman for bhours/b. The police mally took her away for causing a public nuisance.

Linda tugged hard on Aiden’s arm, her voice shrill with pank. Do something! If we don’t fix this now, we’re screwed! The Quinns are not to be messed with. Sienna’s just a clueless kid, but you’re her dad. Grow a spine and handle this!”

Aiden rubbed his temples, bhis /bpatience wearing thin. He never found Linda so annoying before. Her constant yapping was driving him up the wall. Then what the hell do you want me to do he barked.

“Make Vivian go to the station and get Mason released. Then we’ll apologize to the Quinns. It’s the only way!”

Aiden turned, ready to agree. bBut /bthen he froze Sienna stood at the top of the stairs, her icy smirk locking him bin /bHis breath hitched, fingers twitching at his sides. Then he forced out the words “I can’t make that call.

ce like a dee

a deer in headlights.

Linda’s face darkened “Like hell you can’t! They’re your daughtersb. /bIf talking won’t work, knock some sense into them. bSince /bwhen do you fear your own daughter! You’re the head of this familyb. /bThen act like it!”

Aiden’s jaw clenched, his ribs still aching from Sienna’sst kick. Linda clearly had no idea what Sienna was capable of. Before he could say anything, the temperature in the room dropped as Sienna descended the stairs, her every step like bfrost /bcreeping bacross /bss.

Linda still kept shaking him like a faulty vending machine, demanding he man up and put Sienna in her ce. Aiden’s patience finally snapped. “Oh please, enlighten me. Who’s the bead of the family!”

Linda’s blood ran cold at his words. She spun around and there stood Sienna. Her stomach dropped. “Sienna.” Her voice came out thin “bSince /bwhen were you there?”

Sienna’s lips curled in a frosty smirk, her eyes like chips of ice. Pearl slippers, beaded cape, silk–spun hair–Sienna looked untouchable, like ban /bice queen carved from winter itself. She stood a full head taller than Linda, arms locked acres her chest in unyieldingmand

“Guards,” shemanded Lock her up. No food, no water, bno /bmercy. L Let her rot for poisoning our family vibe.

your mind! I’m your

The guards sprang into baction /bat hermand. Linda panicked, shricking as they grabbed her. “Sienna, have you lost your stepmother! This is madness, absolute bmadness/b!”

Sienna didn’t hat an eyelid. “Elisab, /bshe’s 100 noisy.”

Elia caught on in a sh and pped Linda square across the face. “Shut your mouth. You’re disturbing Miss Sienna”

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