After Vera Xavier got Zachary Preston settled, she prepared to leave. She felt a venomous gaze on her, and when she turned her head, she saw Cara Preston standing right behind her. The mont Cara saw Vera looking, she imdiately put on a fawning smile.
Vera Xavier felt she should say sothing to Cara Preston, just to make her "content" to stay with the Preston Family. She leaned in close to Cara’s ear and whispered, "Don’t think for a second I don’t know what you’re up to, Cara Preston. There’s sothing you should know. The tables have turned. From now on, if I want you to live, you live! If I want you to die, you die! If you don’t believe , you’re welco to try and find out."
Inwardly, Cara Preston bristled at her words, but she kept her expression docile. "Sister, I truly know I was wrong. Why can’t you just believe ?"
Vera Xavier smiled, reaching out to pat Cara’s still-bruised cheek. "A dog can’t be taught not to eat shit."
Cara Preston’s expression stiffened, her docile mask nearly cracking. Vera Xavier arched an eyebrow. "I know you’re cursing in your head right now, plotting how you’ll turn the tables and grind under your heel. So let tell you a little fact: you’re not smart enough to compete with . I’m going to keep you pinned under my heel for the rest of our lives. You will never, ever get a chance to make a coback."
Without giving Cara Preston another glance, she turned to say goodbye to her grandparents, then slung a backpack on and walked out.
Cara Preston watched her leave, her hands clenched into tight fists, the venom in her eyes completely undisguised.
After leaving the compound, Vera Xavier couldn’t shake the feeling that soone was watching her. She glanced toward a street corner and saw Jeremy Kane standing there in the distance.
Her expression darkened. She knew that after the ti she and Jack Judd had brutally beaten Wesley Kane—turning him into half a eunuch—the scum of the Kane Family had co to hate her to their very bones.
She knew a fair amount about the Kane Family from her past life, which ant she was also privy to so of their secrets.
She had been busy dealing with the Preston Family’s matters lately and had only made a few minor moves against the Kanes. Clearly, that wasn’t enough.
After all, the Kane Family had played no small part in the miserable fate Cara Preston had dealt her in her past life.
It would be impolite not to return the favor. She would soon be sending the Kane Family a grand gift.
Seeing her look over, Jeremy Kane smiled and asked, "Vera, where are you headed?"
Vera Xavier didn’t answer, asking instead, "Uncle Kane, what are you doing here? Is Wesley Kane feeling any better?"
The smile on Jeremy Kane’s face froze. "Wesley is doing great. I was just in the area visiting a friend. I’ve always thought it was a real sha you couldn’t beco our daughter-in-law."
"It’s no sha at all." Vera Xavier’s smile was saccharine. "If Wesley Kane hadn’t done sothing so shaless, how could Nathaniel Nathan have taken those pictures of him with a prostitute on South Street? Oh, and by the way, weren’t you dying to know who gave those photos? I’ll tell you now. It was Nathaniel Nathan."
Jeremy Kane could no longer hold his smile; his expression turned grim. Vera Xavier continued, "It’s so good that I ran into you today, Uncle Kane. Could you please pass a ssage to Wesley Kane for ? Tell him to stop bothering . Otherwise, I’m afraid his other ball might not be so safe either."
With that, she flashed Jeremy Kane a sugary sweet smile. "I have other things to do, so I’ll be going now. See you around, Uncle Kane!"
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