This was the true life destiny had bestowed upon me, and I intended to live it without looking back.
Meanwhile, Sussie had sunk her claws deep into the Ellis Villa, and the household had become a war zone under her rule.
In the Ellis family's new villa, the crystal chandelier cast Sussie's contorted shadow against the wall, and the grotesque shape mismatched her carefully staged saccharine grin in the life-sized portrait.
She screamed, "I told you I wanted the newest Hermès bag for my birthday," and then a loud crash echoed as her manicured nails swept across the table, sending dinner plates smashing onto the Italian marble floor.
Porcelain shards exploded like shrapnel across the room, and she declared, "This outdated garbage is not fit for me to touch."
Ruth's knuckles whitened arou
