Chapter 6 - Confronting The Cruel Stepmother Inside The Grand Foyer
John strode back through the double glass doors, entering the grand foyer with purposeful, heavy footsteps. Evelyn sat on the velvet settee reading a fashion magazine, sipping her morning coffee with supreme arrogance.
She looked up as John approached, her red lips parting in an amused, sarcastic little smile. “Finished playing doctor with the brat? You really need to toughen her up, John,” Evelyn criticized lazily.
John stopped right in front of her, pulling the sealed plastic evidence bag out of his jacket pocket. He dropped the bag containing the bloody glass shards directly onto her expensive coffee cup.
The cup shattered, spilling dark coffee across the white silk upholstery of the antique settee. Evelyn shrieked in outrage, leaping to her feet while glaring daggers at John’s chest.
“Are you out of your absolute mind? You ruined my designer robe and my silk furniture!” she screamed. John’s face remained a mask of terrifying, unblinking stone as he looked down at her.
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“That is forensic evidence of child abuse, Evelyn, recovered directly from where you forced Lily to clean,” John stated. Evelyn’s face flashed with momentary panic before she quickly regained her cold, haughty composure.
“Prove it! Who is a judge going to believe—a wealthy socialite or a hysterical seven-year-old child?” she sneered. “They are going to believe the high-definition security cameras that recorded every single second,” John whispered coldly.
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