All Chapters of Their Favorite Child Destroyed Them: Chapter 11 - Chapter 14

As Simon screamed, he shoved Grace toward us with all his strength. At first, she tried to coax Zoe into putting down the keyboard. When that didn't work, she lost her temper and snapped at her."You ungrateful little brat! Why do you always have to fight your uncle over everything? No wonder your mother doesn't like you. You're stubborn as a mule!"Zoe's eyes filled with fear. She shrank behind me, but she still held tightly to the keyboard.I took her hand and said, "It's alright, Zoe. Keep your keyboard. We're going home."Before I could take a single step, a deafening crash sounded behind us. Even I flinched.I spun around and saw Simon wildly swinging a baseball bat at everything within reach. The first blow shattered the glass coffee table.As he swung the bat, he screamed, "That's what you get for taking it! That's what you get for not listening to me! That's what you get for not getting it back!"His second swing slammed into the refrigerator, leaving a deep dent in th

"I'm not curious," I said. "I already figured it out."The moment Madison came to ask me for money and let the word redevelopment slip, I had pretty much pieced together what had happened.Madison cared about money more than anything, so William used that to lure her in. He put a younger, attentive man in front of her to flatter her and tell her exactly what she wanted to hear.With Madison caught up in the promise of a windfall and a new romance, why would she give me another thought?William arranged for Jerry to meet her through a minor fender bender. They exchanged numbers, started talking, and stayed in touch.Jerry played the part perfectly. He drove Madison to and from work, helped with heavy chores around the house, and filled the role I had left behind after moving out.One day, he casually showed her a doctored redevelopment map. The market on Easton Road was clearly marked inside the proposed buyout zone.People had been saying for years that the Easton Road market mi