George noted the stylish, once well-fitting clothes hung limply on Lilianna’s emaciated frame, and she smiled. “You look unwell, Lilianna. You need your dressmaker to do alterations on your clothes.”
“Susannah is dead along with all her family,” Lilianna said. “They all died suddenly on a family outing to take the children on a picnic to the beach.”
George thought she actually heard remorse in the woman’s voice. “Uttu is quite determined to exact revenge upon you and the Rubidoux for what you did.”
“Well, it’s finally stopped since I threw his pregnant little niece into the dungeons below,” Lilianna sneered. “When she finally whelps her litter, I think I’ll toss her pups into the bayou and make the b***h watch as they drown or are taken by the gators.”
George’s blood boiled when she he
