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CHAPTER 132 PART 2
"You are a Morgan, and you know his habits, his weaknesses, and his secrets. That is worth more than any amount of money." Tamara smiled thinly. "There is only one condition. You must pass a test. It is a brutal one. Not everyone can do it."Sophia stood very still. She thought of the sour smell of the diaper on her face, and the thug's greedy eyes, and the doors slamming one after another down the street. She thought of the photograph of a young man in uniform standing beside an emperor, and of her own hand slapping that man's face in a crowded hall. A cold, ugly heat rose through her chest and burned away the last of her doubts."I will do it," Sophia said. Her voice was hard and flat. "Whatever the test is. I want revenge.""Good girl." Tamara's eyes glittered. She turned and pointed one long finger at the frozen figure against the wall. "Then here is your test. Strangle your mother. With your bare hands. Until she stops breathing."The words fell into the dark alley like stones in
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Sophia took a step back. Her eyes went from the frozen figure of her mother to the bruised woman in the black coat, and her whole body tensed like a deer that has heard a twig snap."What did you do to her?" Sophia demanded. Her voice shook. She raised her hands as if to guard her face. "You are the one who sent those swordsmen into the hall tonight. You tried to kill people. Why should I believe a single word you say?""Because I have no reason to lie to you," Tamara replied. She said it gently, with a tired little shrug. "I only froze your mother to keep her quiet. She would have screamed the whole street awake, and I would rather not draw an audience. She is not hurt. Look at her eyes. She hears every word."Sophia glanced at Diane. The terrified eyes rolled toward her with a silent plea, and then slid away. A sour guilt turned over in her stomach, but she did not move.Tamara pressed a hand to her chest, just beneath the collar, and a thin line of pain crossed her face. She drew a
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The slap came fast and hard. Diane's bony palm cracked across Sophia's already bruised cheek, and Sophia's head rocked sideways. She raised a hand to her face, and her eyes went wide."Then go and beg that husband of yours," Diane hissed. Spit gathered at the corner of her mouth. "Get on your knees and beg Ethan Cole. He has billions now. Crawl to his door and lick his shoes if you must. You owe your mother a decent meal after everything I have done for you. You ungrateful little rat, you have never given me anything but trouble."For a long moment Sophia did not move. Her cheek burned, and a ringing silence filled her ears. All the nights she had spent running between hospitals and hotels and boardrooms, all the years of bowing her head and swallowing every insult, rolled over her like a tide. Something that had been bending for thirty years finally stopped bending.A half empty plastic bottle of water sat by Diane's feet, left behind by some passing stranger. Sophia reached down, pi
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The old neighborhood was dark and still. A single streetlamp at the end of the block buzzed and flickered, throwing weak yellow light across a row of narrow brick houses with sagging porches.Sophia had dragged Diane into the mouth of a narrow alley beside the locked gate, and now she sat on the cold concrete with her mother's head resting in her lap. Her arms ached. Her stomach had been empty since noon.She looked at the lit windows up and down the street and swallowed hard. Then she stood, smoothed her torn shirt with trembling fingers, and walked to the nearest door.She knocked three times. A curtain twitched, and a heavy woman in a faded housecoat opened the door a crack with the chain still on."Mrs. Gibson," Sophia said. Her voice was hoarse and polite, the voice of a girl asking for a favor. "It is Sophia Morgan. From next door. We were locked out tonight. My mother is very sick, and we have nowhere to sleep. Could we use your porch, just until morning?"Mrs. Gibson looked he
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"Of course I did." Lisa Ford straightened up with a smug little shrug. "And your secretary, that Ashley Ward, who stole your car and ran off? I sent my boys after her too. Do not worry. They have been teaching her some manners."The room spun. Sophia's knees gave way, and she dropped to the floor in front of Lisa Ford and pressed her palms together like a child at prayer."Please," Sophia sobbed. Her forehead nearly touched the dirty boards. "Please let us keep the house. I will do anything. I will work for you for free. I will clean your floors for the rest of my life. Just do not put my mother in the street. She is sick. She cannot survive out there."One of the thugs, a heavy man with a shaved head and a gold tooth, looked down at her with greedy, half lidded eyes. He licked his lips."She is not bad looking, boss," the thug rumbled. He cracked his knuckles and grinned. "Under all that dirt. We could have a little fun before we clear the place. Make her earn it."Lisa Ford held up
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Diane dragged herself to the edge of the bed with both hands clutching the blanket. Her gray hair stuck to her sweating forehead, and her thin body shook like a leaf in the wind. She looked at Lisa Ford with wet, pleading eyes, and the proud old woman who had screamed at everyone for thirty years was gone."Please, Miss Ford," Diane begged. Her voice was thin and cracked. "I am a sick woman. I have nowhere to go. Give us a few weeks. Just a few weeks, and we will find the money. Have some mercy.""Mercy," Lisa Ford repeated softly. She tasted the word like a sour grape, and a slow, cold smile curled across her red lips. She stepped closer to the bed and tapped the ash from her cigarette onto the blanket."Do you know what I remember about the Morgan family, old woman? I remember a girl who worked as a cleaner at Morgan Pharmaceuticals. A girl who made a small mistake with a form and was thrown out like garbage. Your precious daughter signed the letter herself, and her smile was so swe
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