Chapter 9 CH 9: The Heiress

(Laura’s POV)

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Few minutes later, I was standing at the door of my Uncle Leroy's office. Smiling I said, "Did you all miss me?"

I had expected both my cousin Carla Knight and her father Uncle Lionel, would be there too.

“L-Laura.. you are b-back. Where have you been?” my dear cousin was obviously terrified seeing me standing infront of her looking healthy and very much alive. I could not believe the cousin who I had accepted like a sister in my life tried to kill me.

She was the one I had trusted with my secrets. My heart shattered into pieces remembering the moment when the men who tried to kill me confessed to have been paid by Carla Knight. Henry offered them three times the sum of money paid by Carla to get the truth out from them.

“Carla. How have you been doing? Did you sleep well at night?” I asked in a calm tone but the veins on my throat was showing as I clenched my teeth to control my anger.