I stayed in the hospital for two more days before I was strong enough to leave. As I told Mr. Harrington, I wasn’t ready to face my father. So, when he showed up to visit, the bodyguard Maximus had assigned to me made sure he never got close.
After my discharge, I spent another two days at Hillcrest, gathering my strength for what came next. Then, with Frederick’s help, I went straight to the police station to face Cristina.
She was wearing handcuffs when the officers brought her in. A thick glass partition separated us, but it couldn’t contain the fury radiating from my gaze as I studied her face.
I hated that something was between us because a part of me wanted to slap her for everything she’d done. But I stayed composed and reached for the phone on the wall. She hesitated, then picked up hers with a scowl.
“I’m not even going to ask how you could hurt my mom,” I said.
There was no need. I knew the answer. She wanted to take my mother’s place as Chairman Sinclair’s second wife.
