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Louise sat on the couch with a shocked expression on her face. She couldn't believe what Lady Viola just said to her. Her hands had turned cold, and her face pale. The way Reed's family had killed Emily was a cold-blooded murder. 

"You could have handed her to the officers," Louise stared at the older woman. "They would have dealt with her in a much more proper way."

"And make more news about our family in a bad light?" questioned Lady Viola, her eyes holding the same serious look that she had before. "Emily was the reason and cause for so many misfortunes. We never did anything to her or her family. You weren't there when Nancy and Johanna or Lisa died. The way people speculated things about our family, it felt as if Emily was trying to frame us for the crimes while keeping her hands clean. Not for a single moment she thought about those three women she killed nor us. All she wanted was to be Graham's wife."