Fear washed over her as the child talked back at her. In any other situation, Lily-Ann wouldn’t have been… this scared. But this was not just any situation and that was not just any child. As he told the woman that the person, she should be worried about is not his parents, rather himself she nodded. “I am… so sorry Mr. Azure. From the bottom of my heart please accept my sincerest apology.” Though as he turned this over to his cousin to forgive her or not, she knew her reputation was screwed.
”Over my dead body”
“Do it for Candice,” Lily-Ann muttered, “You know she wouldn’t want this if she was alive. She did everything to please me – she wouldn’t like you taking that away in one fell swoop… Valerie,” she continued, looking at the girl before she walked away. “Malachi…I mean Mr. Azure. We both know I could have gotten her arrested for what she did. Please… keep that in mind with any decisions you make,” Lily-Ann whispered, trying to maintain her composure.