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CHAPTER 772
The doctor nodded, closed the folder, and quietly excused herself.The three of them sat in the silence of the afternoon light until Millicent broke it."Well," she said, her voice dry and faintly amused. "It seems I am going to be a great deal of trouble for some time yet."Perseia made a sound that was half-laugh, wholly genuine. "Mother, I think you've been in trouble your entire life. The legs are irrelevant."‘Mother?’ Persis’s brows arched.Millicent turned to her, and something warm moved across her face. "I think," she said, "that I am going to enjoy having you in the family very much."Persis said nothing. She just looked at her hands and smiled, letting the moment be exactly what it was.*****The restaurant Perseia chose was the kind of place that didn't bother putting its name on the door. It didn't need to; the city knew it by reputation and by the particular quality of silence inside, the kind money buys, not the kind that happens by accident.The tables were set far
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Persis went still."I know you've been managing the initial portfolio," Perseia continued, her voice measured. "The one transferred to your care after the restructuring. I’ve watched how you’ve handled it.”“You haven't just maintained it; you've rebuilt parts of it from the ground up, quietly. It’s deeply irritating because you deserve credit you never take.""Perseia—""I'm not finished." She held up one finger. "That portfolio was always meant to be the foundation, not the whole. You’ve known for a while; you just weren't ready to stop thinking of yourself as the person who maintains things and start thinking of yourself as the person who owns them."Persis opened her mouth, then closed it."You're not that junior associate anymore," Perseia said, glancing toward the corridor. "Whatever this life is settling into… you need the full picture. Your name needs to be on the right things.""The previous portfolio," Persis said carefully. "You want me to focus on that first. Before anythi
CHAPTER 770
She turned back to her son, her expression firm."I would like to go with her, Tedmond. I am tired of being a patient. I want to be a woman having tea with her daughter-in-law and her sister. I want to feel the sun on my face without a medical chart attached to it."Persis looked between the two, her sister’s chaotic energy and Millicent’s fragile, growing strength. She felt an unexpected surge of warmth. "If Millicent is going... then I’m going, too. I’m not letting you two gang up on my reputation without me there to defend it."Perseia clapped her hands, her diamonds flashing. "Perfect! The car is a two-door, but we’ll make it work. It'll be cozy."Tedmond remained unconvinced. He scanned the driveway through the window before looking back at his mother. He saw the light in her eyes, the first spark of independence since the basement, and knew he couldn't take it from her."Fine," Tedmond said, his voice tight. "But we are not doing this unprotected."As the three women headed t
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"Oh, look at you!" Perseia giggled, wiping a mock tear before straightening her posture. "Relax, Persis. You look like a cat guarding a bowl of cream. I’m joking! I have no intention of stealing your Tedmond." She waved a hand dismissively, the diamonds on her fingers splintering the morning light. "He’s far too brooding for my taste; I prefer men who aren’t constantly calculating the trajectory of every person in the room."Perseia’s gaze sharpened. "Besides, I have my own targets. I just wanted to see if you still had a spine under all that legal jargon. It seems the boy, excuse me, the man, has been a good influence."Tedmond didn't relax. His eyes remained fixed on Perseia, his jaw set like stone. "If the comedy special is over, we have an appointment to keep.""Not without Persis, you don't," Perseia countered, her humor evaporating into a stubborn pout. "I didn't drive like a maniac just to talk to the wallpaper. Persis, get your bag. We’re leaving.""I am not going, Perseia
CHAPTER 768
The morning sun spilled across the duvet as Persis lay propped against a mountain of pillows, a heavy, leather-bound thriller resting in her lap. She traced the printed lines with a restless finger, her mind drifting from the plot to the unnatural quiet of the house.The silence was a luxury she wasn't used to, yet every creak of the floorboards made her pulse hitch. She couldn’t help but wonder if the shadows were already closer than they realized.The vibration of her phone on the nightstand shattered the stillness. She glanced at the screen: Perseia.With a weary sigh, Persis slid the green icon across. "If you're calling to ask if I’ve survived the week, the answer is—""The answer is that you’re a terrible sister!" Perseia’s voice crackled through the speaker, sharp and buzzing with high energy. "I’ve been waiting by my phone for several days. 730 days! And not so much as a text. Is that how we’re playing it now? You get a man, and suddenly your own blood becomes a ghost?"Per
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His gaze shifted to a cluster of mutilated photos. They were images of Millicent and Marek in their younger days, sharing a milkshake on a park bench, fingers entwined. In everyone, Marek’s face had been aggressively scarred away. The paper was shredded where his features should have been, gouged by a knife or a fingernail until only a jagged hole remained.The man reached out, his finger tracing the void where Marek’s smile used to be. "You were just a footnote, Marek. A distraction. A fly buzzing around a masterpiece."The display continued, growing increasingly invasive, less a record of a woman and more the lair of a predator. There were shots of her swimming in a lake, captured from the shadows of the treeline; photos of her sleeping in her childhood bedroom before the highway incident; even the most mundane fragments of a life: grocery shopping, reading on a bus after refusing the car the butler had sent, tying her laces.Every move she had ever made had been documented, ca
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