Upon sighting Emily amidst the crowd, Sandra could almost reconstruct the entire story.
She couldn't help but sneer dismissively.
"Last night, I realized you are weak."
"But..." She paused deliberately before adding,
"Now I realized you are foolish, too."
Her tone softened to a feigned pity as she added, "Lamentably."
Earl, already seething with anger, found the ridicule unbearable.
"You clearly no longer cherish your life."
"Last night I spared you, but today I won't."
"I will end you today!"
"What are you waiting for? Attack! If she dies, I'll take full responsibility!"
Having been hospitalized, Earl had a cadre of bodyguards dispatched by the Black family to protect him.
At his beckoning, a horde of about fifty men promptly encircled Sandra.
Emily, in tears, rushed to Earl'
