Ruthless Hearts
But Evelyn only grew louder, her composure slipping into something raw, wild.
“I am power!” she screamed. “I am the reason this country worships the Caldwell name! Every single one of you—” her gaze swept the room “—feeds off the scraps of my table. You want to erase me? You can’t. I am untouchable.”
Richard, frail in his wheelchair, raised his head. His voice rasped, but it carried: “No, Evelyn. You’re already finished.”
The room went silent.
She spun on him, eyes blazing with hatred. “You worthless shell! You’d dare betray me after everything I gave you?”
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