Chapter 26 You Liar!

The call was connected. Brendan gnashed his teeth as he said, “Where the hell are you, McKinnon?!”

Deirdre said nothing. At the end of her silence came a click

-and the call was hung up.

She stuck the phone back into her pocket, feeling disappointed. That had not been Sterling, as she had hoped. How was he? Was he okay? She had no idea how he was.

The only silver lining right now was how well-known the Fuller family really was in the city. Even a run-of-the mill cab driver knew exactly where to take Deirdre when she asked him to take her to their house.

She paid the driver, who told her where the doorbell was, and pressed it. There was a series of quick footsteps, accompanied by a voice thick with annoyance . “Which nutcase is it this time? It’s like they all think they can just ring whenever they feel like it!”

“I’m sorry,” Deirdre huffed, feeling anxious . “I… I just

wanted… to know where Sterling is? He’s not picking up his phone”

maid scoffed. It was palpable just how little she respected the young man-even though he was supposedly one of her employers. “Just a bastard child, that one, but oh-so-many troubles! I guess being the bastard child of a big wealthy family still counts for something ’cause he still needs to be taken care of… He’s probably in some

Funeral?!

said he was going to leave Sterling

the iron gate, animated by her fear and alarm. “Please! Please let me come inside to see him! Brendan –

Deirdre’s grotesque face suddenly zooming in on her. Startled and taken aback, she cussed. “What the f*ck! Oh my god, get this out of my face!

you prowl

the gate

to enter when she felt a force striking her right on the chest. The hit knocked her out, and

yet. “You want in, do you? Do you?! Who do you think you are, ya lil’ freakshow ?! An ugly, blind a*s who’s also somehow super-entitled! God, why am I the

“Don’t go! I’m begging you, let me in! I just want to tell

was the sight

was through the GPS… only to find her like this. A woman devoid of any dignity or shame. A woman who ignored her

begging someone by throwing herself around their

just a blind woman! She was the one who should be

it: jealousy. This devotion was his right-his right alone! How could a lowly bastard like Sterling take

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