Chapter 13 - Desperate Pleas In Empty Rooms
Evelyn grabbed her designer trench coat, rushing down the apartment stairs in a frantic attempt to reach the Sterling estate.
When her taxi dropped her outside the wrought-iron security gates of the Manhattan mansion, heavy iron chains blocked her path.
“Open this gate! I need to speak to Dominic! I need to see Leo!” Evelyn shrieked, rattling the thick steel bars.
The security guard inside the guardhouse looked up from his monitor with cold, unyielding indifference.
“Mrs. Montgomery, your name is on the permanent perimeter exclusion list; step away from the gate,” the guard warned.
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“You can’t keep me out! I helped raise that boy!” she sobbed hysterically, sliding down against the cold metal bars.
Passersby on the sidewalk walked past without a second glance, ignoring the fallen socialite crying in the dirt.
