Deadlier Than the Male: The Fiercest Heart / Lethal Lessons. Colleen Thompson

she picked up her purse, turned her back and started walking up the aisle toward the exit.

      “Where are you going?” Lena screamed.

      Haley paused, then stopped and turned around. “Why, Mother, I didn’t think you cared.”

      Lena doubled up her fists and started toward Haley when Saul suddenly grabbed her by the arm and pulled her back.

      “Let it go, Lena. This is neither the time nor the place.”

      Lena shrugged him off, but she couldn’t stop her anger from boiling over.

      “You have no business being here,” she accused Haley. “You ran away before your brother was even buried. The brother you killed. You don’t belong to this family anymore.”

      Haley sighed. “Mother, Mother, you sound like a broken record. As for Stewart’s death … that responsibility falls on your head.”

      All the blood drained from Lena’s face. Even the others began to mutter beneath their breath, thinking Haley had gone too far.

      “That’s not true. If you hadn’t been with that damned Brolin—”

      “No!” Haley said, interrupting her before she could finish. “That’s