Chapter 10 - THE MOTHER'S DESPERATE PLEA
By noon, Eleanor Vance arrived at the gates of the Thorne estate in Greenwich, her luxury sedan parked illegally on the shoulder.
She practically threw herself against the security intercom, her expensive mink coat dragging in the damp dirt.
"Let me speak to Willow!" Eleanor pleaded frantically through the speaker. "This is a tragic mistake between two young people!"
Inside the security gatehouse, a private guard monitored her on high-definition camera screens, transmitting the feed to Willow's tablet inside.
Willow watched her former mother-in-law weeping on the screen, feeling neither anger nor pity.
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"Do you want me to have the local police remove her, Miss Thorne?" Detective Gabriel Hayes, her father's chief investigator, asked quietly.
"No, Gabriel," Willow replied, setting her tablet onto the mahogany coffee table. "Let her wait in the rain until she understands what true power looks like."
