Chapter 4 - The Slap That Silenced the Room

Evelyn shifted Nora’s weight, securing her daughter tightly against her left shoulder with one strong arm.
She took one slow, deliberate step toward Renata.
Renata smirked, holding out her manicured hands. "Oh, what are you going to do, Evelyn? Write a sad blog post about—"
CRACK!
The sound of the slap shattered the quiet living room like a gunshot.
Evelyn’s right palm struck Renata across the face with full, force-filled momentum. The blow was so sudden and powerful that Renata’s head snapped violently to the side, sending her stumbling three feet backward into the glass side table before collapsing onto her hip.
Renata gasped, clutching her rapidly swelling, bright red cheek in absolute horror, her short platinum pixie hair disheveled.
Chloe shrieked, backing away into the sofa, while Eleanor froze in dead silence, her mouth agape.
Julian leapt up from his seat, dropping his phone onto the cushion. "Evelyn! Have you lost your mind?!"
Evelyn stood tall in her grey suit, her dark eyes piercing straight through Renata, who was weeping in shock on the floor.
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"You have three minutes to get on your knees and apologize to my daughter," Evelyn said, her voice dropping into an icy, calm tone.
👉 Read PART 5 to see what file Evelyn sent to her lawyer on her phone!