CHAPTER FOURTEEN "try not to kill anyone this time."
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( episode seven ━━dead calm ) tw: toxic parent
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BEING ONE OF THE RICHEST families on Figure Eight, William Hall knew what being number one felt like. He liked the way others would look at him. Sometimes it was with admiration and others with jealousy. They wished they could be him — have his money, his success, his looks, his life.
Acting better than everyone else was a skill most people could fake, but there was something different about genuinely knowing you were better than everyone else. That no matter how hard others tried, they could never be you. He liked that feeling, it gave him a huge ego boost. That's why he never planned to let that go.
Ever.
He needed to get his hands on that gold. Only, there was one thing standing in his way.
Truthfully, William had no idea exactly how much his child knew, or how much her and her little friends were involved. These were questions he needed answered — and he saw his chance as Scarlett entered the kitchen.
She never bothered to greet him, William either thought she deliberately ignored him, or didn't notice him sitting three feet behind her (he chose to believe the second option) as Scarlett continued going about her day. Setting down his coffee cup and leaning forward in his chair, William watched her as she grabbed a box of sugared cereal from the top of the fridge and poured it in a bowl.
