“What are you going to do with Mollie” I asked, cutting to the chase.
Linda, watching the car drive off, had a smile that didn’t touch her. eyes. “She’s a Kaulinan, our own flesh and blood. What do you think we’d do?
“I’ve heard you’ve gone completely wild ever since you split from Antonio.
“Since you’re Mollie’s mom, I’ll let you have a blast today!”
With a nod to her goons, she plopped onto the couch, flicked on the TV, and started munching on snacks. “Keep the noise down. I’m trying to catch my show!”
The thugs got the green light, grinning as they hauled me off to the basement.
Flashbacks of Caroline’s trickery, of being pushed into some stranger’s bed, hit me hard.
I fought back with all my might, but all I got was a bunch of hands all over me, touching where they shouldn’t.
Linda sneered, “Grace, you didn’t seem to mind when you were cheating. What’s with the innocent act now?”
“I didn’t cheat,” I shot back.
A kick to the back of my knee buckled me, forcing me to my knees.
Linda whipped out a custody transfer agreement. “Sign this, and you’re free to go. Don’t make a mess here!”
A creeping uncase took hold of me.
Why the sudden interest in Mollie, the one they’d never given a second glance?
And where was Carson, the grandson Linda couldn’t stop bragging about? Not a peep about him all day.
I was in a real pickle, and Caroline wasn’t about to let this moment pass. without a little gloating.
“Is Carson…”
The mention of Carson’s name made Linda’s face crumple with pain.
There was a hint of sadness there too..
Her phone, sitting on the coffee table, vibrated with a new text message. “Mom, has she signed the papers yet? We can’t wait any longer for the surgery!”
The word “surgery” jumped out at me.
“Carson is hanging by a thread. If Mollie donates a kidney to her brother, she can stay in the Kaufman family as a lady,” said Linda.
Back then, Carson was born with just one kidney.
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