Shattered Pride

~Daphne~

I drove to Brooklyn on autopilot.

Not Raina's Brooklyn. The Beaumont family home, where Mama would be awake by five because Mama was always awake by five. The woman ran on a schedule that predated electricity, and she was not going to change it for anyone.

The gate opened when I entered the code. The house was lit in the kitchen only.

I walked in.

She was at the kitchen table with her tea