Chapter 7 - The Widower’s VengeanceVincent didn't want Victoria in jail. He wanted her to see the land she had tried to steal.
He forced her to come to the north ridge, not under threat of force, but under threat of total bankruptcy. She stood where Rachel had died, surrounded by the beautiful, untamed forest.
“You called this ‘dust’,” Vincent said. “You called it ‘progress.’ But this is where my wife’s life was taken. Can you see it now?”
Victoria looked out over the trees, her bravado shattered by the reality of the ruin she had created.
