My palm swooshed across her face and hit home on her skin. " How dare you threaten me?"
Muscles contracting, breath shuddering, I recalled her betrayal. " You listen, Samantha. I might be powerless against my sister's schemes, but that doesn't give you the liberty to cross me."
With a shaky voice, I admitted what I had long locked inside. "I loved you!"
" I trusted you. You were to me the sister I should have had. I was sincere towards you."
Her lashes fluttered. Her lips quivered. A flicker of abstract guilt masked her eyes for a mini second. I emptied myself until nothing was left.
" What did I get in return?" I rasped.
" You know where it hurts more?" My voice sliced through with an almost palpable tremor. " Because of you, I can no longer see the goodness in anyone. I see faces.
