Mrs. ckwell immediately yed the guilt card: “Sutton, do you need this old woman to kneel too before you’ll be satisfied?!“]

I stepped back, keeping my distance from Garrett on the ground.[]

Then I spoke clearly: “Garrett, we’re done. And I will never apologize to anyone.“]]

“If I was wrong, I’d own it.“[]

“But have I actually wronged her in any of this? She’s the one who insulted me first! She’s the one who started it! You saw everything!“]

Both Garrett and Mrs. ckwell looked furious.]

But my brother just chuckled.[]

He looked down at the kneeling Garrettb, /bcasually took a seat, and smiled: “My dear sister, do you know why Garrett is so desperate to make you apologize to Tiana?“]]

I shook my head.

But I’d sensed something was off about this whole situation.[]

My brother smiled and turned to Mrs. ckwell: “I know you’re the real power behind the ckwell family. After ten years, haven’t you ever thought about eliminating that troublesome liability once and for all?“[]

He gestured to his assistant, who immediately stepped forward and handed Mrs. ckwell a thick stack of documents.

She only nced at the first page before I saw her hands start trembling uncontrobly.[]

My brother sneered: “If it weren’t for what happened to Sutton, I wouldn’t have bothered digging into this mess.“[]

“Frankly, I didn’t think it was that big a deal.“]]

“But you people let some little bitch control you for ten whole years?“[]

“The ckwell family–sloppy work, no decisiveness. Instead of solving problems, you want my sister to swallow her pride and clean up your mess?“]

“How could bI/b, Connor Marshall, ever partner with people like that?“[]

“Or let me put it another way–with a family as selfish as yours, if I make my sister suffer today, will I be next in line to pay for your stupidity and ipetence?“]

My brother lit a cigarette, blew out the smoke slowly, then continued: “Garrett, as the future head of a major family, I don’t expect you to make the business bigger and better.“[]

“But protecting your parents, wife, and children–isn’t that the most basic duty of a man?b“/bb] /b

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“Just for telling my sister to apologize and ‘take one for the team, this marriage is dead. Forever!“]]

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That’s my brother for you.[]

Our father died when I was little.[]

Extended family circled like vultures, enemies surrounded us from outside.[]

My brother took charge with a ‘life or death, bring it on‘ attitude, carving out a survival path through blood and chaos.[]

Now he’d finally organized our overseas assets and was ready to invest back home, only to run into this bullshit.]

I knew he was even more pissed than I was.[]

My brother called for the butler to escort them out.[]

Garrett looked at me pitifully: “Sutton…“[]

“Just go. I never want to see you again,” I said firmly.[]

“Mrs. ckwell, you’d better deal with that problem quickly. Otherwise, this will happen again and again…” My brother’s tone was mocking.]]

“Remember, the one who destroyed our partnership and ruined your grandson’s marriage wasn’t anyone else–it was Tiana Turner–the ‘treasure‘ you raised and spoiled from childhood.“[]

A sh of vicious hatred crossed Mrs. ckwell’s face.[]

Then she said nothing, helped Garrett up, and left.]]

After they were gone, I frowned and asked: “What the hell was all that about?“||]

My brother pointed to the copy of documents on the table: “See for yourself.“]

“Sutton, I’ve done all kinds of shady shit fighting for power over the years, but unprovoked torture and rape? What kind of human does that?!“||

“I won’t associate with scum like that!“||]

I picked up the documents and started reading.[]

Just a few pages in, I was cursing: “Animals! They’re all fucking animals!“[]

Here’s what really happened:[]

When Marcus Zane was in high school, around seventeenb, /bhe fell for a girl in his ss named Luna.[]

Marcus was the guy who opened the door and let me escape that night.[]

Back then, Marcus wrote her love letters, brought flowers, pursued her hard.]

He was rich, good–looking, and schrly–Luna was smitten and agreed to date him.[]

Marcus was over the moon and brought Luna into their tight–knit childhood friend group.[]

bPure /bDataSTUDY bTHEN /bSTAYS THE KADY HIS 7 TADY TOU FAIK Soulmates! ulli71.6% /li/ul

They were all sixteen or seventeen, hormones raging, logic taking a backseat.[]

Everyone was happy to have a sweet, gentle girl join their crew.[]

So, they all looked out for Luna.]

But Tiana wasn’t happy.]

She decided Luna was a maniptive bitch who’d stolen her childhood friends and destroyed her status as their “princess.“[]

The documents don’t detail her methods.]]

But Tiana started viciously bullying Luna.

In her words, she’d “beat her into submission.“[]

Luna fought back many times, but it was useless.[]

Eventually, Tiana got drugs from somewhere. Led by Leo, the group raped Luna.]

And Tiana filmed the whole thing.[]

From then on, Tiana used the video as ckmail.]

She didn’t just beat Luna–she made her kneelb, /bstripped her naked for more videos, forced her to swallow ss, locked her in with snakes…]

Her “humiliation for sluts,” as she called it.

In the end, they tortured that girl to death.[]

A bunch of teens panicked aftermitting murder.[]

When Mrs. ckwell found out, she scrambled to cover it up with money and connections.]

But Tiana secretly kept copies of the rape videos.]]

That became her leverage to control them and do whatever she wanted for years.[]

Usually they just partied together, nobody mentioning the past.[]

But whenever any of the guys got serious about marriage, their girlfriends would get the full Tiana treatment without exception.[]

She had to make every woman kneel and bow to her first.[]

In their twisted group, any new girl had to submit to Tiana before being epted.[]

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