Chapter 14
These sanctimonious parents had convinced themselves they were defending marriage, standing up for wronged wives everywhere.
In reality, they were just social climbers, desperately trying to attach themselves to perceived power.
If they’d only damaged property, perhaps we could have discussed alternatives.
But they crossed an unforgivable line. They hurt my daughter and I.
I would make them pay. Every last cent.
When it became clear I wouldn’t back down, panic finally broke through their entitled facades.
They turned on Ashley like wolves.
“This is all your fault! You spread lies without even checking the facts!”
“You’re the real homewrecker! Now we’re all going down because of you!”
“Had the nerve to parade around as the Luna of the Shadow Pack. Pathetic!”
“We’re in this mess because we tried sucking up to you! You should pay every cent!”
“Don’t even think about asking us to help with that $940 million. That’s your problem!”
Ashley finally snapped, her designer mask cracking completely. “You”
tical vultures!”
“Don’t act innocent. You were all desperate to please someone with power. You pushed me to make a scene!”
“When you thought I was the Luna of the Shadow Pack, you were practically kissing my feet. Now look at you – running like rats from a sinking ship!”
“You were born to be bootlickers. And you’re going down with me!”
The argument might have turned violent if the officers hadn’t intervened.
When things calmed down, the excuses started flowing.
Everyone claimed innocence. It was always someone else who broke things, someone else who threw punches.
They surrounded Ashley, no longer as “queen bees” and “servants“, but as angry dupes and liars.
They were beating and cursing Ashley like he was the worst werewolf in the entire werewolf world.
I gloated and whistled from the sidelines.
How similar it all was to that day at school, except that I had become the princess they dared not touch.
C
