Zane Lynch's almost unyielding attitude surprised Caspian Rhodes. After a moment, he asked tentatively, "What did she do now?"
"What can she even do in her current situation? Nothing but her usual tricks, playing the victim and crying foul first."
Perhaps realizing her self-pity ploy wasn't having the desired effect, Cassandra Lynch finally started to panic.
While still laid up in the hospital, she couldn't wait to start whining to her legion of admirers in that manipulative, innocent-pity act she did so well. Now, all the prominent families in Jarden think the Lynch Family are sanctimonious hypocrites—talking a big game about cherishing their late brother's orphan, while secretly giving her the cold shoulder.
