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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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day they were

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

into a ball, and her tear–streaked face was etched with terror and

pale lips until they bled, but it couldn’t

room, Edith was always the one playing the soundtrack to her torture. The physical and

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

fell into a stunned silence.

red dress snickered, “Edith, where’s this coming

laugh and pulled 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 to

Silence.

grin. “Girls, you’ll slap this idiot around. Boys, you’ll take turns with her. I’ll record

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dirt on each other. Square. And I’ll let bygones be

was plummeting into an abyss; it

site exploded

promised him that Marilla will be all to himself. How

a free–for–all?

lost your mind?! This

I don’t need this kind of risk. Settle your own scores. I’m gone!”

villa. If anyone

of

someone tried to call for help,

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

cause they knew the stakes.

be leaving this villa

wicked as it was

the same boat. What happens tonight will

the words were convincing, they hesitated to

big shots on your own turf, but now, you’re all spineless,” Edith mocked, with her gaze settling

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humiliation he’d endured from the Ashbourne and Abernathy families and his father had filled him with a

Marilla added fuel to the

fiancé, his desire

uncontrollable.

and

were entranced, and

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