A SHAM OF AN ENGAGEMENT

SLOANE’S POINT OF VIEW. My throat bobbed from the force of my harsh swallow. It felt like my ears were bleeding, like I wasn’t in a real place, like my father….the man I thought had raised me from the moment I was born up till now, was speaking such words to me, and in such a tone. Especially when he had never spoken like this to me. Ever. “And now that your pathetic little family has reunited, just know this, I’m coming for what’s rightfully mine, even if I have to fucking snuff you out by finally finishing what I started years ago, I’ll fucking do it. And no one, not Valerian, not Genevieve, not your fucking Ravenscroft boyfriend, who I have had to fucking work for all this time, will save you from me. All that fortune, it will be mine! And a spoiled brat like you will never take it away from me. “But why….why did you do all this? “ “You already know why… as the right questions, Sloane.” “What could have possibly made this the best movie? How did starting a fire, almost killing three