Damage Control

A shrill, grating noise pierced the pounding fog in Maren’s skull, vibrating straight through the heavy mahogany of her bedroom door.

"That miserable girl is going to drag this family into the gutter!" Renata’s screech echoed down the mansion’s cavernous hallway. "Our reputation is completely shredded! The entire world thinks my son married a drug-addicted stripper!"

Maren peeled her dry lips ap