Chapter 6 - Uncovering a hidden web of deceit inside a modern American kitchen where a bleeding six year old child changes the destiny of powerful corporate elites.
"She's lying, Nathan! That woman is an unstable mental patient who broke in here to steal your family fortune!" Bridget shrieked hysterically.
Nathan rose slowly from the marble floor, towering over Bridget with a murderous expression that made the socialite shrink back in terror.
"Shut your lying mouth, Bridget," Nathan commanded in a voice so cold and quiet that it sounded like a death sentence.
He turned back down toward Clara and little Lily, his heart aching as he saw the deep bruises wrapping around the girl's wrist.
"How did you get inside my house, Clara?" Nathan asked gently, his voice softening dramatically when speaking to the brave maid.
"I took a job through a domestic agency six months ago just to be near my daughter after discovering where she was hidden," Clara replied.
"You're her mother..." Nathan realized, the pieces of the puzzle violently snapping together in his exhausted, brilliant mind.
"I am her birth mother, the woman your mother forced into signing false adoption papers at gunpoint twelve years ago," Clara answered firmly.
Bridget grabbed a heavy crystal fruit bowl from the counter, lifting it high above her head with murderous intent to strike Nathan.
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Before Bridget could swing, Clara shoved Nathan aside and lunged upward, tackling Bridget's legs and sending the crystal bowl crashing down.
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