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    After that, Helen''s family swore off oyster saucepletely-no one ever brought it near the kitchen


    And now Caroline had used it on purpose. Not a drop, but enough to trigger a full reaction, just enough to make it seem like she''d been poisoned.


    Helen screamed and lunged, fingers wing toward Caroline''s hair. "You venomous bitch!


    Caroline didn''t flinch. She caught her mid-swing, yanked her forward by the cor, and mmed her dowT onto the couch like she weighed nothing.


    "Me?" Caroline''s voice sliced like ice. "You''re calling me venomous? You killed my mom. And now you want to act like the victim?”


    Helen''s pupils trembled. "You... you...


    "You wanna know how I found out?" Caroline leaned in, her tone dropping, her eyes sharp and merciless. “Because I watch. Because I pay attention. And


    because I know what you''ve been doing-those little doses you''ve been sneaking into my food to rot me from the inside out."


    Helen froze, her spine locking up. Panic wed its way up her throat as she inched backward. "That''s not possible," she whispered. "You''re not Caroline. Who the hell are you?"


    She kept the murder of Caroline''s mother, the skeleton in her closet, deep, deep inside that metaphorical closet.


    No one had known about the poisoning. Not the slow, careful n she''d only begun at the Somertons.


    She''d only poisoned Caroline''s food once.


    Not even her mother had a clue.


    And yet, Caroline hadid it out word for word.


    She wasn''t just dangerous-she wasn''t even human.


    Caroline took a step closer, her voice barely above a whisper. "A supernatural debt collector. A spirit of vengeance. An agent of justice. And your worst nightmare."


    Helen''s blood turned cold. Her breath stalled in her throat. Caroline''s face looked human, but the chill in her eyes didn''t belong to anything living.


    Just then, the front door creaked open. ina stepped inside. Helen bolted like a trapped animal,unching herself at her mother. She gripped ina''s arm tightly- as if letting go would mean falling into a pit.


    "Mom! I wanna go home!" she choked out, blocking her mother from moving any further inside.


    ina caught the fear trembling through her daughter''s limbs. Then she nced up and spotted Caroline, standing silent and stone-faced just across the room. She wrapped an arm around Helen and rubbed her back. "Did Caroline scare you?" she murmured, her voice low and soothing. Then she looked past Helen, voice rising. "It''s alright, sweetheart. Nobody''s gonna mess with you while I''m here." Her eyes stayed locked on Caroline as she spoke.


    Teresa stepped forward, her patience finally snapping. "Before you throw usations, maybe ask yourself who''s been doing the bullying all thist ime. Your daughter has made Caroline''s life hell. Don''t try to take the


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    high road with us.


    ina ignored herpletely, her re remained fixed on Caroline. Just because you''ve malé a iter name for yourself now doesn''t mean you get to push Helen around, she said sharply "You''re a Somert You''re her aunt. Have you


    Now that Caroline no longer living under the same roof, her brothers had lost all control over her.


    Still, Helen figured public judgment had to count for something. She didn''t think Caroline would be immune to gossip.


    But Caroline just gave a slow, knowing smirk. "Trying to throw the neighbors at me? Fine. Let''s go ask them what they think-like how Helen drove her own grandma to the grave. And that''s not even the worst of it-


    "Don''t say it!" Helen shrieked, her voice cracking as she cut her off.


    Her eyes snapped toward ina, wide with panic. "Mom, please. Don''t say another word to her. I really don''t feel right staying here. Let''s just leave. Now."


    ina was clearly rattled by what Caroline had said, but Helen''s pleading stare stopped any questions before they left her lips. She linked arms with her daughter and turned to leave without another word.


    As the front door shut behind them, Caroline turned to Teresa. “Teresa, did everything go okay at the hospital with the test?"


    Teresa gave a quiet nod. "Everything went smoothly."


    "Good," Caroline said. "Still no results yet, though. So, are you really fine with Helen staying away for now?"


    Caroline knew exactly how those two operated. She wasn''t concerned about Helen''s well-being. What worried her was the mother and daughter running their mouths and dragging Teresa''s name through the mud.


    But Teresa thought Caroline was asking out of concern for Helen. "I''m sure ina can handle her just fine, she replied.


    Truthfully, she already had a pretty strong feeling the baby wasn''t Linden''s.


    Helen leaving actually spared them all from the awkwardnesster. It would''ve been even more humiliating if they''d waited for the results to kick her out.


    And ina understood that, just as clearly.


    She''d nned to take Helen straight back to the Somerton vi after the hospital.


    If the results showed the baby belonged to the Graysons, she''d wait for Teresa toe to the vi in person and invite Helen back-saving some dignity.


    But if the child wasn''t Linden''s, then bringing Helen home early made even more sense. It would spare her the humiliation of being thrown out a second time.


    It had all been thought through.


    But the moment, Helen was cleared for discharge, she insisted on heading straight to the Graysons'' to confront Caroline. She wouldn''t take no for an answer.


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    ina couldn''t stop her. So she had no choice but to follow.


    Not long after they left. ina finally gave in to the question that had been magging her since Caroline''s outburst. As they walked, she looked over and asked, "Helen... when Caroline said you provoked your grandma to death, what exactly did she mean?"


    Caroline hadn''t even finished the sentence carlier. And Helen had shut her up immediately. That reaction alone said a lot.


    Helen turned her face away, trying to mask the guilt that had already crept into her expression. "You seriously believe her? What kind of mom are you-taking her word over mine just like that?"


    Helen had just gotten her blood test done, and ina didn''t want to rile her up again. "I''m sorry, I didn''t mean to use you. I was just curious, that''s all. You know I''d never believe anything thates out of Caroline''s mouth."


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