Chapter 7 - The Dramatic Version
Years later, people still told the dramatic version.
The Christmas kitchen.
The double oven.
The heavy roast pan.
Vanessa stepping behind Rachel.
The hard shoulder shove.
Grease spilling down Rachel’s legs.
The roast crashing onto the tile.
She dropped it.
Rachel screaming on the floor.
Vanessa crouching beside her.
That’s the price for stealing my brother from this family.
Next time, it’ll be your face.
Rachel dragging herself through the doorway into the dining room.
Patricia holding her wine glass.
Always making herself the victim.
Frank sitting still.
The relatives doing nothing.
Rachel pulling the phone from her apron pocket.
Vanessa’s smug expression dropping.
Patricia leaning forward.
The whole table realizing Rachel was not calling for rescue.
She was sending proof.
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It sounded like revenge.
And yes, part of it was.
