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Chapter 5

Author: Her Eyes
Adriana stared at that thin sheet of paper on the desk. The shock in her eyes twisted slowly into fury, as if she had been played for a fool.

She shot to her feet and swept the death certificate off the desk.

The paper fluttered through the air and landed beside her expensive high heels, like the inconsequential snow on the night Mom passed away.

"Isaac!" She gritted her teeth, her voice barely containing the rage boiling beneath it. "Mrs. Graham's health problems weren't that severe. How cou
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    Adriana stared at that thin sheet of paper on the desk. The shock in her eyes twisted slowly into fury, as if she had been played for a fool.She shot to her feet and swept the death certificate off the desk.The paper fluttered through the air and landed beside her expensive high heels, like the inconsequential snow on the night Mom passed away."Isaac!" She gritted her teeth, her voice barely containing the rage boiling beneath it. "Mrs. Graham's health problems weren't that severe. How could she be gone over a few hundred thousand dollars?"You'd go so far as to forge a death certificate just to get back at me for leaving and to keep me from seeing her? Cursing your own mother to death? That's your idea of being a devoted son? When did you become so vicious?"Watching her hysterically trying to deny it, I felt strangely calm. I neither defended myself nor screamed.I simply bent down to pick up the death certificate. Then, I carefully brushed off the dust before slipping it ba

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