"You're still the same, Jackson. Do you think you can bully and intimidate me? Well, I'm not your Emily. I'm Ava, and I won't back down."

"But you said you know nothing about Emily."Jackson's eyes narrowed his face inches from hers. Ava gulped as his eyes bored into hers, looking at each of her eyeballs."Now I'm this close to you and think about it, you're just like her, Ava. Those eyes. You're just as manipulative and deceitful as Emily was."

Ava's laughter was cold, her eyes glinting with ...