Chapter 14
"Fools," Rose whispered into the burner phone, her voice dripping with venomous, chilling authority.
"If you want something done correctly in the Abernathy household, you have to tear down the entire foundation yourself."
She disconnected the call, tossing the burner phone into the wastebasket before lying back down on the narrow cot with a serene expression.
Back at the estate, Julian and Chloe stood by the nursery window, watching the rain wash away the remaining traces of the violent storm.
"They won't stop coming after him, Mr. Sterling," Chloe said quietly, her voice steady and resolute as she adjusted the baby's blanket.
"Then we will build an impenetrable wall around this family starting tonight," Julian vowed, placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
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The American flag in the hallway fluttered slightly in the draft, symbolizing a nation under siege from within its own elite circles.
And as the grandfather clock chimed midnight, the true, deadly war for the Sterling dynasty officially began.
