Hexed

Venesa is forced to listen as her uncle berates her for ruining his daughter’s marriage prospects. When she asks if he killed her mother, Trent admits that he hired the Atlantis MC to handle the job because Venesa’s grandfather intended to leave everything to her mother. He tells Venesa to get out of town and never come back.

Venesa goes back to her apartment to pack. She asks Fisher to take care of her poisonous stonefish pets in the basement. He also promised to run the Lair for her. As she packs, she finds a birthday gift from Enzo that she forgot to open. It is a seashell necklace like the one he offered to buy her during their first visit to the boardwalk. Accompanying it is a note that reads, “To making memories” (319).

She decides to go to New York to tell Enzo all the secrets she’s been hiding, but she also plans to return and exact revenge: “I am coming back. And I’m going to take everything from my uncle the same way he’s taken everything from me. (319).