A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 1340

"Look who finally decided to come out of hiding," she sneered.

Because of him, Yardley had nearly killed Luce last night. Fairfax was the catalyst for all of this, yet he had stayed safely tucked away in the shadows while the Hoggart family tore itself apart.

"How could you kill her, Starla?!" Fairfax roared through the phone.

His scream was animalistic, as if he wanted to reach through the line and tear her limb from limb.

Starla pulled the phone slightly away from her ear.

"Back in Marina City, she was the only one in the family who treated you well! How could you do this?!" he screamed hysterically.

Starla let out a cold, sharp laugh. "The one who treated me well? Wasn't that supposed to be *your* job? Weren't *you* the one who promised to protect me?"

Fairfax fell deadly silent.

"So you aren't blind, and you aren't deaf," she mocked. He had known exactly how his family treated her. He had known what Brinley was doing to her. And now he had the nerve to claim Susanna was her savior? It was the ultimate joke.

"What, just because she didn't actively torture me, I'm supposed to owe her my life?"

It was true that Susanna hadn't gone out of her way to make Starla's life miserable in Marina City.

"If our relationship had stayed exactly the way it was back then, things would be different," Starla said.

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