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Claire Simmons built herself from nothing into a wealthy businesswoman, but one thing in her polished life has always been rotten: her marriage to David Carter and his vicious family. Hoping to give five-year-old Sophie a chance to know her grandparents, Claire returns to David's hometown for the May Day holiday. What she finds shatters the last of her restraint. Her nephew is forcing Sophie underwater while her mother-in-law cheers him on, and when Claire fights back, the Carters demand money, obedience, and a public apology. Worst of all, David chooses his family over his terrified daughter. The Carters think Claire is still the woman they can bully. They are wrong. With her security team on the way and divorce papers soon to follow, Claire is done playing the good wife. But when greed, lies, and David's own dirty secrets come to light, how far will a mother go to make everyone who hurt her child pay?