Grandfather basically grounded Jake's ass and kicked him out of the company completely . Ryan had to deal with all the Pine Ridge bullshit now . The whole house was like a tomb for days straight . Jake holed up in his room , smashing bottles and getting wasted . When he looked at me , he had murder in his eyes . He stormed into my room and grabbed my wrist hard . " Clara , why the fuck did you do this to me ?! What's your game ?! " His eyes were bloodshot as hell , reeking of booze . " Game ? What game ? " I yanked my arm away from him . " All I did was tell Ryan a story I've known since I was a kid . You're the one who didn't believe some ' hillbilly trash , ' right ? " " You knew that place was fucked up ! Why didn't you just tell me ?! " " Tell you ? Would you have even listened ? " I laughed in his face . " You think I'm just some ignorant hick who got lucky after ten years of kissing ass . You think my word means jack shit compared to your fancy reports ? " He just stood there with his mouth hanging open . Yeah , that was it . He never actually respected me . Not once . To him , everything I was worth came from passing his sick little test . " Real nice , Clara . Real fucking nice . " He was pointing at me , practically spitting mad . " You think screwing up my project changes anything ? I'm still an Ashford , bitch . I'll bounce back . But you ? You'll always be nothing but my property ! " He slammed the door so hard the whole wall shook . Whatever . Just a pathetic loser having a tantrum . Sophia could tell Jake was totally fucked , and her meal ticket was gone . She was freaking out . Now she was desperate as hell to hold onto Carson - her only way to stay in this family . She started going full psycho , poisoning my kid against me even worse than before . That day , I had the kitchen make Carson's favorite dessert and brought it to his room myself . 13:19 Hell Yeah , Forget the Other Woman , My Smart House Was Cheating On Me ! 12.1 % Chapter 8 Right outside his door , I heard Sophia's voice . " Carson , honey , listen to me . You can never , ever eat anything that woman gives you . She hates us , and she might put poison in your food to hurt you . " I froze with the tray in my hands . " Poison? Like the evil queen in Snow White ? " My son's voice had that innocent , scared little kid sound . " Yeah , sweetie . " Sophia's voice was all sugar and honey , but what she was saying was pure evil . " So you stay far away from her , okay ? Only me . I really love you . " When Sophia saw me standing there , she looked like she'd been caught stealing for a split second , but then got all calm again . " Oh , Miss Montgomery ... you really should knock first ... " I ignored the bitch and walked straight over to Carson , set the bowl down on his table . " Carson , honey , Mommy made this just for you . Try it . " Carson looked at Sophia all scared , backed away from me , shaking his head . " Uh - uh . Mama Sophia says I can't take stuff from strangers . " He didn't knock it over or anything , but that word- " strangers " -cut deeper than a knife . Sophia looked at me with this smug - ass smile , eyes full of " got ya , bitch . " She'd fucking done it- Turning my own kid against me . Making him think his real mom was the enemy . This time , I didn't just walk away like some beaten dog . I turned around , went to the corner , and pulled that tiny camera out from behind the books . Then walked right up to Sophia , holding it where she could see it . " Everything you just said ? It's all on here , bitch . " Sophia's face went white as a sheet . She stared at the camera like it was a bomb , her mouth opening and closing like a fish . " You ... you set me up ! " " Takes one to know one . " I shrugged . " Compared to the sick shit you've been doing to my son , this is nothing . " I pocketed the camera , But this wasn't enough . I needed to expose this psycho in front of the whole damn family . And I didn't have to wait long for the perfect chance . 13-19 Discover our latest featured short drama reel. Watch now and enjoy the story!