A Widow's Poison, A Wife's Rebellion novel Chapter 341

Just as Starla expected, Fairfax was still in a meeting with the board when Darleen’s calls started coming, one after another.

The directors and all the major shareholders were already furious about the Hoggart Group situation, so Fairfax hadn’t even brought his phone into the conference room. Each time Darleen called, Gabriel answered.

“Mrs. Yelchin,” he said respectfully.

“Get Fairfax on the phone. Now!”

Even through the phone, Gabriel could tell how utterly incensed she was.

“I’m sorry, but Mr. Yelchin is in a meeting right now,” Gabriel explained.

“What kind of meeting? I’m about to die! If he doesn’t come back and throw that bitch out, I swear I will die!”

Gabriel sighed, a headache forming. Darleen’s enraged shouting was almost painful to listen to. Fairfax had given strict orders not to be disturbed for any reason, and Gabriel didn't dare interrupt him.

“You tell him it’s all gone! Everything’s been burned to the ground!” Darleen shrieked.

“What’s been burned?”

The words sent a jolt of alarm through Gabriel. He immediately thought of the fire at Petal Villa a few days ago, and the one at Harriet’s Vista Bay estate. Now Darleen was talking about fire, too. Could it be Starla?

“Heron Estate, Gemfield Manor, and over in Xenia's name, Azure Haven and Embrooke Garden—they’re all gone! Everything is gone!”

Fairfax’s mood was already foul, but as he listened to Gabriel, his face grew darker still. He looked at Gabriel, his breathing ragged. “She did all this?”

He was talking about Starla.

Gabriel nodded. “For all of this to happen at once… it has to be her.”

At that moment, it wasn’t just Darleen who felt like she was having an aneurysm. Fairfax himself felt his vision swim with rage.

All those houses… she had destroyed them all without a second thought. Had she really come back just for revenge? Did she truly hate the Yelchin family that much over what happened in the past?