Chapter 9 - Stepmother Threatens To Burn Down The Entire Luxury Mansion
Realizing she had lost all leverage, Victoria twisted around and kicked viciously at the decorative nursery bassinet.
“If I’m going down, I’m taking this entire golden cage down with me!” Victoria screamed in hysterical rage.
Her foot connected with the metal base of the nursery floor lamp, sending sparks flying across the wool rug.
Clara instinctively shielded little Lily with her own body, ushering the frightened child toward the heavy oak exit doors.
“Get her out of the nursery right now and take her down to the secure basement bunker,” Arthur instructed the guards.
Two guards rushed inside, hoisting Victoria up by her elbows and dragging her kicking and screaming toward the hallway.
“You’ll never escape the syndicate, Arthur! They own the courts, the police, and the government!” she shrieked away.
Arthur remained standing in the center of the luxurious room, staring at the empty wall safe with unwavering resolve.
The metal lighter Victoria had dropped earlier lay smoldering on the rug, extinguished safely before any flames caught.
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He crushed the lighter beneath his polished shoe heel, extinguishing the final physical threat to his family.
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