Chapter 6 - Playing Robin Hood

Viviane

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I'm rarely on the losing side of a fight...

I knew he'd come for retaliation, but I didn't expect him to strike so soon. Then again, with almost ten million on the line, it was inevitable.

But none of it had to happen in front of Fliss. She didn't deserve to see that side of me, to be dragged into this mess. It was bad enough that the stakes were so high, but to have her witness it? That was a line I never wanted to cross.

I knocked on her door again, each knock grew louder, more insistent. She needed to eat something before she could take her medicine. The sound echoed down the empty hallway. My patience, already frayed to its limit, snapped like a brittle twig.

“Open up, now!” I shouted, pounding my fist against the wood.

I knew I was not my sister. I wasn't Stella. I didn't have a single motherly bone in my body, and professionally, I wasn't prepared to take care of a child. But here we both were, thrust into this situation, and we had to make the best of it.

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