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Marilla had her gaze locked onto Glynnis‘ hideous face; she was not blinking, as if staring down the devil itself.

Her eyes, once dulled by torment, suddenly gleamed with a fierce clarity that seemed to ignite Glynnis‘ rage even further.

“You stupid cow! Don’t you dare look at me with those eyes!”

Glynnis‘ eyes bulged with fury as she was about to deliver another kick, but Edith grabbed her arm.

“Enough already, Glynnis. You want to blow off steam, I’ll give you a

minute.”

At that moment, Frank yawned lazily, “Edith, why on earth did you drag us out to this godforsaken place? For a reunion, you could’ve at least picked somewhere classy.”

Alston gave him a cold side–eye. “A classy place for this kind of show? After all these years, your brain’s still in diapers, Frank.”

“Son of a-”

Frank was about to throw a punch when the lady in the red dress stopped him with a shake of her head.

The Bartley family was riding high in Elmsworth’s corridors of power, and these spoiled brats had no virtue; all they have was a knack for kissing up to the right people.

“Ms. Edith, stop keeping us in suspense. Why did you call us here?” the guy in the blue suit asked with a cheeky grin.

Edith, playing them like a fiddle, jauntily walked over to a dusty old piano in the corner. She lifted the cover to reveal keys that were as

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as the day

across the keys from left to right, an eerie discordant melody filled the cavernous

tear–streaked

it couldn’t stop the dark memories

in the day, every time she was bullied in the abandoned music room, Edith was always the one playing the soundtrack to her torture. The physical and mental abuse had left her

today was that, first, I’ll admit I’ve missed you,” Edith said, while flipping her well–coiffed brunette curls with a seductive sneer. “Second, I

fell into a stunned

red dress snickered, “Edith,

out her phone, which revealed a video clip of herself bullying Marilla from ten years ago; in the video she was slapping Marilla mercilessly while their classmates watched. “I remember you were all there. Time

Silence.

it, fine,” said Edith, with a venomous grin. “Girls, you’ll slap this idiot around. Boys, you’ll take

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we’ll have dirt on each other. Square. And I’ll

an abyss; it was like a never–ending fall into

men at site exploded in panic, including Alston.

had promised him that Marilla will be

a

have you lost your mind?! This is rape; it’s prison

wanted no part in it. “I’m out. I don’t need this kind

anyone leaves, I’ll bury them here. And who’d find a

of

were in a panic, sweating bullets, and when someone tried to call

as one of the four big families, had ties in both the underworld and the

they

worry, Marilla won’t be leaving this villa alive

wicked as it was insane.

same boat. What happens tonight will stay our

convincing, they hesitated to

own turf, but now, you’re all spineless,” Edith mocked, with her gaze settling on Alston.

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from the Ashbourne and Abernathy families and his father

for Marilla added fuel to the

fiancé, his

uncontrollable.

a twisted excitement, Alston approached the motionless girl, and untied the rope that had chafed her

guys in blue suits and white tracksuits were entranced, and their minds were filled with

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