Bound By A Broken Night novel Chapter 34

“The authorities must know what you did to us!” one woman wailed, her voice breaking as she sobbed loudly.

“The public will see what kind of beasts you all are!”

“Your money can’t blind justice,” the other added furiously.

“You will be punished for what you did to us!”

“We will investigate this thoroughly,” Zandrie said, lifting his hands in a calming gesture.

“Please don’t act impulsively. I believe there is more to this than what we’re seeing.”

“And what?” the woman snapped, spinning on him.

“Your money will talk, and we’ll be left with nothing but trauma and pain from this night?” She gestured wildly to her bruises, eyes blazing red with fury.

“Are these not enough proof?!”

Zandrie opened his mouth to answer when the door burst open.

“CEO Wallace,” the hotel manager rushed in, breathless.

“Media representatives are forcing their way inside the premises. I’ve already ordered security to tighten the perimeter.”

Zandrie’s eyes hardened.

“See?!” the woman cried triumphantly. “You’re trying to hide the truth! If you truly wanted justice, you’d let the media in. The truth should never be concealed!”

“The media are fast,” Cassie said calmly. For the first time, she spoke, and every head turned.

“It’s the only way we’ll get justice for what these brothers did to us, Madame Cassidy,” the woman said quickly, crawling toward her again. Her voice trembled, carefully measured.

“You’re a woman too. You understand what we’ve been through.”

“True,” Cassie replied, nodding slowly, her expression thoughtful.

“Cass-” Jeff tried to interject.

Cassie raised one hand and he fell silent instantly.

“I was once as miserable as you,” Cassie said lightly, a humorless chuckle slipping past her lips. Her eyes never left the woman’s face.

“Some even called me pathetic.”

She tilted her head slightly.

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“I acted foolishly back then. I was twenty–two. Young. Naive.”

Relief bloomed across the woman’s face, her shoulders loosening.

“As a woman, I know you understand what we want to happen, Madame Cassidy.” “Actually,” Cassie said pleasantly, “I don’t.”

The smile on the woman’s face froze.

“I don’t understand what you want to happen,” Cassie repeated, shrugging casually. “Madame…?” the woman asked, confusion creeping into her voice.

“I’ll give you credit, though,” Cassie continued, standing and smoothing her clothes.

“You went to impressive lengths–ruining your own face just to sell the story.”

The room went still.

“What…?” the woman whispered, her voice hollow.

Cassie began to pace slowly, heels clicking softly against the floor.

“Are you really this careless,” she asked mildly, “or did panic make you forget that this hotel is fully equipped with CCTV cameras?”

Both women stiffened. Their faces drained of color.

“The truth you’re so desperate to expose,” Cassie went on, smiling faintly, “is only a click away. No media circus required–though I do applaud how quickly you summoned them.”

She stopped and looked at them directly.

“It felt off, didn’t it?”

“No-“the women shook their heads too quickly.

“There are cameras in every room of this hotel too,” Cassie added, glancing toward the ceiling.

“Protected by five layers of encrypted authorization. Footage access is only granted in serious

cases.”

“No… you’re bluffing,” one woman said, her voice cracking as she followed Cassie’s gaze upward.

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