Kieran didn't see it that way. "Of course, it benefits me. Look at you! You came back, didn't you? Regretting not giving me that 40,000 yet? You could've saved us both the trouble if you'd just handed it over earlier."

"You-"

"Now it's 100,000," Kieran interrupted, reclining smugly in his wheelchair. "You want the trending posts gone, don't you? Pay up-100,000, not a penny less. Otherwise..." His voice dropped, laced with menace. "I've still got a few things up my sleeve." The blatant threat made Karina's hands tremble, her voice quivering as she spoke. "One hundred thousand? Wasn't it forty just a few days ago?"

Kieran sneered. "That was the old price. It's 100,000 now, take it or leave it."

Karina could taste blood in her mouth. Her lips had been bitten raw without her noticing. Rage and utter disappointment overwhelmed her.

This was her family. Twenty years of being with them, and all they had ever done was take. They had given her nothing in return.

saw-fathers kind and caring, mothers warm and supportive. Why couldn't

it to court. Let's see how you explain where all the money I've given you over the years has gone." Karina was no pushover. Even the mildest soul has a breaking point, and

sharp crash, shards flying everywhere. One jagged piece nicked her leg, and a thin line of blood

the pain, momentarily

twenty years, and this is how you repay us? Fine, go

this house alive."

weakness-not in front of them. She pressed down on the bleeding wound, straightened her back, and faced him head-on. "Then watch me," she said

dare!"

didn't falter. Two steps in, Mrs. Stone grabbed her arm, stopping

"Mom, not you too," she said, her

said meekly. "You know how Kieran is. If you leave like this, he'll only get worse. I can't control him it's better to

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