CLARA My heart gave a sudden, violent jolt. That voice didn't belong to a Vance relative. It was a voice I had heard every single day of my miserable life. I looked up at the double oak doors, my stomach dropping into a dark, freezing pit.Walking out onto the grand stone porch, flanked by Gabriel's mother, were three people I never expected to see here.My father, Richard Montgomery, was wearing a fresh navy suit, his chin raised with arrogant pride. Beside him stood my mother, Eleanor, wrapped in a fur stole, her cold eyes glaring straight into mine.And walking right between them was Evelyn.She had on a pristine white dress, her golden hair curled to perfection, and a triumphant, venomous smile spreading across her painted lips. Beside them stood Julian Vance, Gabriel's cousin, wearing a relaxed, confident smirk as he rested a hand casually in his pocket.I froze in place, my breath catching hard in my throat.Just yesterday, my parents' bank accounts were being frozen, their hou
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