Karma Doesn’t Sleep The Revenge Queen Rises novel Chapter 683

Clive was getting frustrated. “Amelia, I know you and Caroline have never gotten along. But she’s still the kids’ aunt…”

Amelia didn’t let him finish. She stood up, impatience written all over her face. “I’ve never stopped Timmy or Penny from seeing your family. Of course Caroline’s their aunt. So if she really ends up in trouble, dies a stupid death overseas, and pays for her own mistakes, I’ll make sure to bring the kids to visit her grave every year for Memorial Day.”

Clive knew she was just being honest, but it was still his little sister she was talking about. He couldn’t help but look a little embarrassed.

“So you’re cursing Caroline to die?”

“I don’t care enough to curse her. Whether she lives or dies, it’s none of my business. If that’s all, I’m leaving.”

With that, Amelia walked straight out. She stopped at the counter, paid her bill, and didn’t even glance back at Clive as she left.

Clive sat there for a few minutes, his face dark and stormy. When he finally got up to go, a waitress stopped him at the door.

“Sir, excuse me! You haven’t paid yet.”

“What?” Clive frowned. “Didn’t the lady who was with me just pay at the counter?”

“She did,” the waitress replied, “but she only paid for her own latte.”

Clive was left speechless.

***

Amelia was already on the road, heading back to the Sadinton family’s old house. She stopped at a red light and instinctively checked her messages. No text from Ryan today.

Normally, he’d send her a good morning message as soon as he woke up.

She tapped open his chat. Neither of them were big on texting. If they wanted to see each other and had the time, they’d just show up. If not, a quick call was enough. Texts always felt a little cold, like they never really said what you meant.

She wanted to know what he was up to. After a moment’s hesitation, she typed out: [The weather’s nice today. Don’t forget to get some sun.]

As soon as she hit send, the light turned green.

Then, just for a moment, Ryan seemed to hear someone call out. The cold look in his eyes softened in an instant. He turned his head, and the camera followed his line of sight.

That’s when Amelia saw her. A woman sitting quietly in the corner behind Ryan.

It was only a couple seconds before a bodyguard blocked the view, but Amelia saw her clearly.

And the woman’s name popped into her mind right away.

Zoe.

Zoe.

She remembered that morning, back at Maplewood Garden, the way Ryan had answered a call out on the balcony.

“Zoe, be good…”