Chapter 6 - THE STRIKEThe grandfather clock struck noon.
Sunlight streamed across the living room.
Clara stood frozen beside the sofa.
Leo was pressed against her chest.
Evelyn's face had transformed into something Clara had never seen before.
Pure rage.
“After everything I've done for this family!”
Her voice echoed through the mansion.
Clara shook her head.
“You didn't do it for me.”
“You don't deserve him!”
Evelyn stepped forward.
Clara backed away.
“You're nothing without Julian.”
Another step.
“You're nothing without this family.”
Clara's eyes filled with tears.
“I am his mother.”
That sentence broke the last thread of Evelyn's restraint.
Evelyn raised her arm.
Her hand moved backward.
Clara instinctively turned her body, shielding Leo.
For one horrifying second, the entire mansion seemed to stop breathing.
Then—
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CRASH!
The front door slammed open.
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