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 Garrett<b>, </b>casually 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 <b>I</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>“</b><b>] </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 seventeen<b>, </b>he 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.[]
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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 kneel<b>, </b>stripped 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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