Burn Me Once Burn With Me (Ruby Grayson) novel Chapter 554

Frieda squeezed through the crowd at the door. Seeing her, the head nurse quickly ushered the other staff aside to clear a path. As the way opened, Frieda finally got a clear view of the scene inside the hospital room.

The matriarch looked up, her expression unhurried and knowing.

“Auntie… what are you doing here?” Frieda stammered, while Gennifer’s face turned deathly pale.

*Auntie?*

Gennifer’s gaze trembled as it darted to the older woman beside Pearl. If that woman was Frieda’s aunt, then she had to be… the current head of the Steele family. The Steeles were famously matriarchal, and everyone knew Frieda’s mother had only one sister. This woman was *the* Steele matriarch.

The realization hit Gennifer like a physical blow. Her eyes widened in horror as she stared at the old woman’s back.

Pearl, standing aside, watched the rapid play of emotions on Gennifer’s face with quiet amusement.

“I came to see this adopted daughter of yours,” the matriarch said with a sudden, unsettling smile. “Though it seems she isn’t very happy to see me. From the moment I arrived, she’s been screaming for me to get out.” The smile made her look like a kindly grandmother, but a complex, sharp light glinted in her aged eyes.

A cold sweat broke out on Frieda’s forehead. She glanced at Gennifer and saw that all the color had drained from her cheeks.

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