“Why should you be the true Brooks heiress? Why should Brooks blood run in your veins?
“If it weren’t for you, I’d be Mom and Dad’s only child!
“It’s been five years—why aren’t you dead yet?
“You should have died back then, and I wouldn’t have had to work so hard to get rid of you.”
I stared blankly at the ceiling, the corner of my lips curling into a cold smile.
So this was it—
All the hardships, the close calls, the trucks swerving toward me out of nowhere…
It wasn’t bad luck. Someone had been trying to kill me all along.
If I hadn’t been careful, I’d have been crushed into pulp long ago.
Sophia pressed down harder, and I felt the sharp crack of bones breaking in my hand.
Suddenly, there was a violent pounding on the door.
“Miss Brooks! Mr. Carter!”
“Open the door now—what are you doing in there?”
