Mira POV
The words hung in the air. Elizabeth clutched her chest as if having a heart attack. “You vile girl! You would slander your own flesh and blood!”
“Slander?” I let out a hollow laugh. “The video doesn’t lie. The bruises don’t lie. You were all so eager for me to confess to a crime I didn’t commit to save her reputation.” I gestured at Chloe “Now you’re angry because the world gets to see his crime?”
“We are your family!” Elizabeth shrieked, her composure vanishing. “We took you in! This is how you repay us?”
“You didn’t take me in,” I shot back, my voice rising for the first time. “You brought me home. There’s a difference. And you’ve made it abundantly clear it was a mistake.”
“After everything we’ve given you–” Williams began, but Vivian cut him off.
“What have you given m
