Julian curled his palms into tight fists and lowered his voice, the tension rolling off him in waves. "Why do you have to bring those two words up every single time? Chloe has already paid for what she did!"
He took a step toward her, his jaw clenched. "We're talking about what you did right now! Stop being so unreasonable!"
Tears streamed down Brinley's face unchecked as she snapped back, "I'm being unreasonable? The harm she did to me, isn't it real? Isn't it true that she's a total maniac?"
She gestured wildly toward me, her voice cutting through the quiet hallway. "She drove her own mother away, for God's sake! Why the hell should I go visit her every month? A freak like her is a nuisance wherever she goes. What was the point of bribing the guards for her anyway?"
Blind rage consum
