The mistress smiled at me like she had already taken my marriage, my home, and my name. My mother-in-law leaned close and whispered, “Crawl into the gutter where you belong.”

staged this!”

Nurse Elena stepped between us. “I saw the injury. I heard the threat. Move away from my patient.”

That word, patient, seemed to disgust Celeste. She had always worshipped strength, by which she meant money, youth, and cruelty. Now all three were sliding out of her hands.

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