Chapter 37: In Which He Reveals His Dark Secret

"Oh!!!" The hair-raising cry of hopelessness penetrated the air.

Aurora watched with seething eyes, as her mother crumbled to the floor, clawing like a desperate addict for the tiny pieces of the wondrous blank check.

"No, no, no!!!" The older woman glared up at her. "Look what you've done! You crazy wench!"

Aurora scoffed, "I'm a wench now, huh?"

Adrien appeared at the door, his cheeks red from the brief dash. "What's wrong, mummy?"

He saw mummy on the floor clawing for tiny pieces of what appears to be a check and found his answer. He dropped onto his knees with a loud thud and wailed like a pig to be slaughtered, “No!!! My life is gone! Who did this?”

Carol thrust an angry finger at the younger copy of herself, “Who else!”

The lazy dreamer faced Aurora, enraged. “You,” he snarled as he stood and took dangerous steps towards his sister.