CHAPTER EIGHTY NINE – A WEB OF LIES

She strode through the corridors of Storm Enterprises with single-minded purpose, mind whirling over the few missing crumbs that could unravel this whole tangled web. Family trauma. Adoption. Abandonment. There was something so intimately personal about the specific angles this Sienna had leveraged against Lance and Barbara. Almost like... Like the knowledge could only come from someone with a truly deep familiarity with the Storm clan's most private skeletons. Bursting through the glass doors of Barbara's palatial home, Kayla barely registered the startled protests of the staff as she blazed a path to the main study. The grand oak door was slightly ajar, muffled voices carrying from within. "...simply cannot abide these outrageous allegations, Katrina!" That was Barbara's acid tones. "My own daughter calling into question my very character?" "I'm not calling anything into question, Mother." Kayla recognized Lance's strained timbre. So he was here as well, seemingly airing his own