Chapter 27: I Want to Sleep with Uriah!

The moment that thought surfaced, Adeline Scurr crushed it. Impossible. Uriah Greaves had to be lying to Cici. "Cici, you're still little. You don't understand how ugly people can be," Adeline said, voice tight as she crouched to the child's level. "Some people will say any lie if it gets them what they want." Then she turned that edge on Uriah. "Uriah, I don't know what you told her, but this is disgusting. You'd even trick a child? Don't think you can use this to make Cici follow you. That...