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Ethan’s palm struck Claire’s cheek with a sharp, violent crack that shattered the dining room’s quiet.

Seven-year-old Lily Carter knelt on the ice-slick ballroom floor, tears streaming down her cheeks as loose white pearls rolled away across the polished marble.

Ava Hart kicked her tiny white shoes against the air, smiling up at the peach roses wrapped around the thick ropes of the wooden swing.

A tiny boy stood silently in the heavy doorway of the private penthouse suite, clutching a faded green dinosaur-shaped piggy bank against his chest with both hands.

Claire Whitmore closed the heavy black-and-red garden shears directly through the braided hemp hidden beneath the cream ranunculus.

Claire Whitmore closed the heavy black-and-red garden shears around the flower-wrapped hemp rope supporting the decorative wooden swing.

Seven-year-old Lily Carter knelt on the mirror-polished ballroom floor, tears streaming down her hot cheeks as dozens of white pearls scattered across the marble under the cool blue chandeliers.

The crack of Ethan’s palm across Claire Bennett’s cheek echoed under the crystal chandelier.

Ethan Bennett slapped Claire across the face.