CASSANDRA'S POV

Lauren must be fired from this company, and I’ll personally make sure of that.

The thought had settled in my mind like a seed that suddenly found the perfect soil: dark, ready, and full of opportunity.

From the few moments I stared into that woman’s eyes, I could tell she had enemies. There was a hardness there, a contained anger.

From the moment that lady approached her, I saw it. She had looked at Lauren with something that mirrored my own feelings: simple, fierce ...