If that meant bowing to the daughter she hated most, Mrs. Newman would do it.
“Mom,” Camryn said, her tone cool but firm, “I planned every step to get where I am today. Yes, I’m lucky to have married into the York family and to have their support. But I can’t let go of the past. I will never forget how you treated me.
“I didn’t ask to be born, yet you poured all your dissatisfaction and hatred onto me. Even my father didn’t wrong you—it was you who betrayed him. You and my uncle were having an affair behind his back. You’re worse than beasts. You deserve what you’ve gotten.
“Carrie and I may be sisters by blood, but there’s no bond between us. What happened to her isn’t my doing. With her IQ, I wouldn’t waste the effort to retaliate. She was used as a pawn, defiled, forced to be a mistress, made to do someone else’s dirty work.
“The man behind it—Labbe—is ruthless. He’s ruined many women; Carrie is just one of them. And few of his women meet a good end. She was scared, so she seduced the two bodyguards assigned to watch her, then fled Wiltspoon with valuables in tow. They let her go because they were sleeping with her.
“Now? Those bodyguards are buried six feet under, their graves overgrown with weeds. Labbe despises betrayal, and he’s still hunting her. If we find her now, it will only lead him to her—and he’ll kill her. Are you sure you still want me to look for your ‘precious’ daughter?”
Mrs. Newman’s face went pale. She had never imagined Carrie’s suffering was so severe.
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