Chapter 16 - MOTHERLY VENOM
"Hello, Evelyn," Julianna sneered, her red lipstick contrasting sharply against her pale, cold face.
"Stay where you are, Julianna," Evelyn warned, pointing her weapon directly between Julianna’s eyes.
Leo and Toby dropped their crayons, staring at the woman they hadn't seen in three long years.
"Mommy?" Leo whimpered softly, pulling his twin brother behind his chair.
"Come to Mommy, my sweet boys," Julianna coaxed, holding out her arms with fake, exaggerated affection.
"You abandoned these boys to join a cartel, Julianna," Evelyn stated coldly, keeping her finger light on the trigger.
"I left to build an empire powerful enough to take them back from Marcus!" Julianna yelled, her smile vanishing into pure rage.
One of her guards raised his rifle toward Evelyn, but before he could squeeze the trigger, a glass window shattered.
A high-caliber sniper round burst through the penthouse glass, striking the guard's tactical vest with tremendous impact.
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The heavy glass shattered into thousands of sparkling fragments across the hardwood floor.
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