“Stop overreacting, you’re ruining her day!” my mother hissed, grabbing my hair and pushing me over the balcony railing at my sister’s party. I blacked out. When I woke up, the upscale venue was surrounded by federal agents, and my mother was sobbing on her knees while my sister held a document and begged me…
Patricia like a physical blow. He stepped in front of me, a human shield of absolute finality.
“Look at yourself,” William said, his eyes cold and entirely dead to her. “You are pathetic. Leave my property. If you ever come within a hundred yards of my wife or my son again, I will have you arrested for trespassing. Get out.”
