Part 28: The Walk Away

Part 28: The Walk Away
Elias’s mouth opened, but no words came out.
The leverage he had used to terrorize his family for years had evaporated in less than thirty seconds.
Clara picked up her son. She held Leo tightly against her chest.
She didn't scream at Elias. She didn't demand an apology.
She looked at him with the most devastating emotion possible: absolute indifference.
“Let’s go,” she whispered to me.
We walked out of the penthouse.
We left the clothes on the floor. We left the diamonds in the safe.
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We walked down the long, quiet hallway, stepped into the elevator, and the doors closed.
Elias Thorne was left entirely alone in a massive, expensive room that suddenly felt like a tomb.