Chapter 6 - The Little Girl Stands Firm Against Cruel Upper-Class Tyranny
The little girl looked up at her grandmother with an expression of profound, unshakeable calm and maturity.
Her pale blue dress with the pink bow fluttered slightly in the draft from the grand balcony doors.
“You think money and fancy clothes make you important, but you’re just really mean inside,” she whispered clearly.
The blunt honesty of the child echoed through the acoustic arches of the ballroom with devastating clarity.
Several guests averted their eyes in embarrassment, unable to defend the matriarch’s cruel behavior toward a child.
Margaret’s face flushed a deep, mottled crimson as humiliation clawed away at her untouchable pride.
“Silence that ungrateful brat immediately or I will have your entire branch cut off from the estate trust!” Margaret threatened.
Marcus stepped closer, towering over his mother with a terrifying, protective aura of absolute authority.
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“You have no estate trust power left to threaten anyone with, Mother; the forensic audits are already filed,” Marcus revealed.
Margaret froze in her dark burgundy evening gown, the classic pearl necklace rising and falling with rapid breaths.
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