Chapter 19

"Using others to do the dirty work—Ms. Gabert, you really played that well." Paige gave a faint smirk. "But it wouldn't have worked without your help, Mr. Meyer." "And she just saw you, didn't she?" Hunter raised his glass, toasting her from a distance. "She needs to be afraid of something." Britney had survived. After three days of fighting for her life in the hospital, she had pulled through. The cost was terrible: her leg was permanently damaged. Ironically, it was the same one Emmanuel had been permanently injured on. … When Paige visited her, Britney hurled everything within reach at her. "Paige, the Meyer family will destroy you. I swear they will!' Paige only found it amusing. "But right now, you're the one with a crippled leg, and I'm the one standing here, perfectly fine." She set a funeral wreath in front of Britney and continued slowly, "You always loved calling others useless. Now you'll finally know what it feels like." Britney had thrown everything she could, but