Serena sobbed uncontrollably, "I really had no idea they were my real parents, and I had no clue what they've been up to all these years, working in secret for the Collins family. I've made a terrible mistake,
and I admit, when Rosemary came back home, I was scared and jealous. I did things that are unforgivable. Mom, I can't even begin to hope for your forgiveness. Just let me have it. I don't deserve to live in this world anymore."
"You think I'm going to let you live??"
Louisa's fury drained the color from Serena's face, sending chills down her spine.
Her mother, once so indulgent and doting, now looked as if she truly wanted her dead.
Those eyes were filled with a murderous rage and intense loathing.
Serena was genuinely terrified, her mind a blank slate and her body trembling as she looked up at her mother.
