The Rite Trilogy: A Sovereign Sons Novel by A. Zavarelli & Natasha Knight
Author:A. Zavarelli & Natasha Knight [Zavarelli, A. & Knight, Natasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
10
Judge
I pay my mother a visit early the following evening. She greets me in the kitchen, pouring herself a large glass of wine.
âWell, look who bothered to drop by,â she says, her back to me. âYou going to call your dog off now?â Sheâs essentially been under house arrest since Miriam disappeared and before that, since the incident with Theron, Iâd been having her followed.
âEvening, mother.â I sit down without waiting for an invitation because Iâm not going to get one.
She turns to me, leans against the counter with her glass in her hands. âAre you here to tell me youâve heard from my son?â
Her disdain of me, her very clear preference for Theron even after all heâs done shouldnât bother me, but it still stings.
âTheron will be spending time in a rehab facility. Did you know about his addiction?â
âHeâs not addicted. He just enjoys life.â
âJesus. Are you so fucking blind?â
âHeâs had a hard time of it, Judge. Not that youâd know about that.â
âI know plenty.â
âWhich facility? Iâll go see him.â
âI donât think so. Sit.â
She raises her eyebrows.
I push the chair out with my foot. âSit. Now.â
She raises her chin. âYou sound exactly like him, you know that?â
My grandfather. I donât bother to comment. Sheâs goading me. Instead, I wait until sheâs parked herself in the seat.
âYou realize I can take everything away from you, donât you?â
âLike you did your brother?â
âMy brother hurt someone.â
âNot just anyone.â She smirks, sips her coffee. âI know youâre used to getting your way but youâre wrong on this one. That woman used him and got what she deserved.â
âHe beat her.â
âA sex game that got out of hand.â
It takes all I have not to leap across the table and shake some sense into her. âIâm not here to discuss Theron. Iâm here to talk about Miriam.â
âMiriam? Why would you need to talk about Miriam with me? Sheâs the help.â So cold. And said without the slightest change to either tone or expression. My mother is an accomplished liar. But sheâs also dangerous because according to Miriam, she knows Mercedesâs secret.
âI know who she is,â I say.
âI donât know what youâre talking about.â
âTheronâs fatherâs sister. Which makes her his aunt. Family, really, to Theron at least. And I know what you and she planned, putting Mercedes in Theronâs pathââ
âWhatâs this about, Judge? Are you going to haul your own mother into court for trying to play matchmaker?â
âI wasn't finished.â
âWell, heaven forbid anyone interrupt you, your honor.â
âI want to know if you had anything to do with the attack on Mercedes a few days ago.â
âWhat attack? What kind of person do you think I am exactly?â
âYou know she has a peanut allergy. Miriam would have told you that. Her fingerprints were on the EpiPen that was tampered with.â Her face loses a little color. âThe beignets that caused the allergic reactionââ
âWait a minute.â She drinks a big swallow of wine and I wonder how many sheâs had. The bottle is nearly empty. âSo your girlfriend ate some
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