bChapter /bb82 /b

b*/bbSave /byour bguesses/b. I’ll show you how this endsb,/bb” /bSienna sneered. Without another word, sheshed out bwith /ba swift kick, sending Jocelyn flying

across the room

Jocelyn shrieked but before she even had the chance to tumble down the stairs, Sienna’s merciless kick sent her flying through the air.

With a heavy thud, Jocelyn hit the floor like a sack of potatoesb, /bcopsing in a limp heap.

Sienna barely took a bfew /bsteps. “The fall isn’t far enough to kill or cripple her just enough to make her spit some blood. What a bpity/bb; /bshe thought coldly.

Sienna stood imperiously tall, her icy, aloof gaze sweeping disdainfully down at Jocelyn sprawled on the ground beneath her.

“Jocelyn?b” /bThree voices cried out at once bas /bLinda burst into the room, pushing Aiden in his wheelchair.

They helped Jocelyn up, but she was coughing up blood, crimson streaks dripping bfrom /bher nose. The pain bwas /bexcruciating. Every breath felt like shards of ss tearing through her chest

Jocelyn, holding bback /btears, looked at her parents. “Mom, Dad, it was Sienna. I just wanted to exin everything to her, but she-”

Aiden’s fury burned through him as he clenched his fists. His body throbbed with lingering pain. His dislocated bones hadn’t fully healed, only to witness this bscene/b.

“Sienna, what the hell are you doing? Trying to cripple her? She’s your bsister/b. How could you be bso /bvicious?b” /bAiden snapped.

Linda’s eyes burned with fury bas /bshe hissed at Sienna, “If Jocelynes to any harm, I swear to God you’ll pay for thisb./bb” /b

Jocelyn still clung tightly to Amber’s hand, her voice gentle and wounded as she said, “Amber, please don’t me Sienna. This bis /ball my fault.

“I never should have intruded into your family. Please, keep your sisterly bond strong. Don’t let my presencee between you all, okayb?/bb” /b

Tears welled up in Amber’s eyes as she wiped them away, her heart aching. Her voice trembled bas /bshe called out, “Jocelyn?”

Amber whirled around to confront Siennab, /bher voice shaking with fury. “How could you do this? You’re absolutely heartless. You monster.”

A dull ache throbbed in Sienna’s chest, apanied by a faint sense of suffocation. She offered no exnation.

Sienna sneered and snapped, “Are you done? Then get the hell out.”

Sienna’s butter /bck of remorse only made Aiden’s bface /bburn crimson with rage,

Linda wailed hysterically, “Honey, I can’t go on living. I just can’t. How can I face the world when my daughter is being bullied like this? I can’t even protect my girl.”

Aiden bellowed, “Sienna, get down here and apologize this instant.”

Sienna descended the stairs step by step, then suddenlyshed out with a vicious kick to Jocelyn’s shin.

“Ah, Sienna, you bitch,” Jocelyn gasped in pain as she jerked upright, her bface /bcontorted with agony and rage..

“Sienna. What the hell are you trying to do? Must you tear this family apart and turn our home upside down?” Boiling with rage, Aiden feltpletely disregarded.

“Dad, do you want me to apologize?” Sienna pinned him with a cial stare.

Aiden gnashed his teeth, nearly intimidated once more by that damn girl’s overwhelming presence. He snapped, “Yes, Sienna. Why did you hit

her?b” /b

Sienna sneered, “She was begging for a beating, shoving herself in my face. Shouldn’t I do her the honor? Right, Jocelyn Turner?”

Linda shot back angrily, “My daughter’s name is Jocelyn Hart.”

“Not for much longer.” Sienna’s words, light as airb, /bcrashed over Aiden, Linda, and Jocelyn like a tidal wave.

Aiden roared, “Sienna, what the hell do you want from us? Jocelyn is also my daughter.”

Sienna snapped back mercilessly, “What’s that to me?”

Aiden was momentarily speechless. After a pause, he snapped, “I’m your father. I have every right to have a say over you.”

2:18 bPM & /bd