When Silas caught the words "juvenile detention," his pupils snapped tight in an instant, and the last fleck of color drained completely from his face. He stared at me like he could not believe his eyes, as if he was seeing the real me for the very first time.
He stammered, "Ivy, h-how dare you!"
I chuckled lightly and replied, "How dare I?" I pulled a thick stack of documents out of the folder a nearby staff member handed me and slammed it straight down in front of him.
I said, "Take a good look at this, Mr. Hayes. Look at what your 'innocent' Chloe got up to while you were not looking. She used the money you gave her, registered a whole bunch of companies under her parents' names, and siphoned off assets from this hotel?"
Papers went skittering across the floor, and the crisp financi
