“I said get out.”
Amber walked out of the bathroom, pushing past her mother when she heard her sister yell.
“Mother, come quick. The police are here to talk to you.”
Her mother narrowed her eyes. “If you called them because of your little accident, I’ll make your life a living hell.”
“You already do, Mother.”
Her mother hissed and stormed out of the bedroom.
Amber followed slowly behind her and watched from the second-story landing as several police officers squared off with her mother and sister.
“Ladies, you need to come with us.”
Amber’s eyes widened.
“For what?” her mother asked.
“You’re being charged with assault and negligence.”
Her mother laughed. “If this is because of my stupid daughter’s accident, I have a witness, my other daughter, who saw her fall, and I didn’t have anything to do with it.”
“Ma’am, that’s not up to us. Our job is to take you to the station so you can be booked.”
Her mother stiffened. “That’s preposterous. Don’t you know who I am?”
The cop sighed and looked at the others before facing her again. “Ma’am, it doesn’t matter who you are. Now we can do this the easy, dignified way, or we can cuff you. Which do you choose?”
“You put your slimy hands on me, and I’ll sue you all.”
Amber stepped back into the shadows as Cesar rushed in. God, she didn’t want to see him at the moment. The wounds were still too fresh.
“Where is she?” he yelled.
“I’m right here, darling,” Bianca said.
She saw the look of disgust on his face when he looked at her sister and didn’t know what that meant.
“I didn’t come here for you. I came for my woman.”
“But I’m your woman.”
Cesar grabbed hold of her hand when she went to lay it on his chest. “I wouldn’t touch you with a ten-foot pole.”
“But you said—”
“That was to get information out of you, which by the way, was way easier than I thought it would be. Now you not only put your mom behinds bars, but you go, too.”
“Behind bars? For what?” Bianca yelled.
“For assault and negligence after your mom pushed your sister down the stairs, and then there’s the money you two have been stealing from her.”
“You told him that?” Eldora screamed.
“It’s his word against mine anyway,” Bianca said.
“No, it’s not. I taped our conversation and have a witness.”