#trigger warning; this chapter contains history of abuse.
ALYSSA
A glance at Mr. Russell revealed that he had no idea what was going on either, so I guessed this was some kind of family secret or something. A family secret that Yara apparently was privy to.
I didn't like the look in Zaiden's eyes at all, it made me itch to put a bubble wrap around him and get him away from that woman and her accessing eyes. Something about the way she looked at him made my skin crawl.
"I'm here to celebrate the Clintons' anniversary," Candice said with a small smile, "It's a surprise to run into you here, Zaiden. A pleasant one."
"let's take this outside," Miranda hissed, stepping forward protectively.
The new comer laughed airily, and the sound rang as false, "I'm not here to brandish swords Mi
