SELFISH AMBITION
“You see, that’s the thing about marriages. It’s just a paper contract. It’s not really anything meaningful. All of this, it’s just a bunch of words spoken out loud, written on paper. It doesn’t really matter what does and doesn’t happen.”
I crouch again, closer this time.
“All I need is your signature. And I’ll let you have a nice little quick death instead of the painful one I want you to suffer. That can be our little bargain. Our little secret. Maybe I’ll even let Sophie live. Your father, well, he’s kind of just a lost cause. But I don’t think you’d really mind much since he…” I curl my fingers around my own throat, slow, deliberate, and squeeze. “You know.”