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If half the stuff she said happened really had happened, then shit was really bad.

I shut the shower off and reached for the towel on the towel rack, finding it warm.

“Whoa,” I said as I wrapped it around her.

She giggled. “Grandma didn’t skimp when she built her dream house. No joke, she thought of everything. The water in the pipes warm up the towel rack.”

“Amazing,” I murmured. “Let’s get you dressed.”

She let me dress her.

Then she went to the bathroom to find whatever she needed period-wise and then came out of the bathroom where she came straight to me.

I was now dressed in the clothes that she’d been wearing originally.

“I liked those clothes,” she admitted.

“You can have more once I bring them over.” I rubbed her back. “Now, do you have any ground beef?”

“I have ground elk,” she answered. “It’s in the freezer.”

“Perfect,” I said.

Then I went about making dinner.

I made hamburger buns, homemade fries, and a ranch dip that I knew that she liked based on the sounds that she made as she ate it.

By the time she’d finished dinner, she was dragging.

“Sorry,” she murmured, eyes barely open. “It’s been a long few days, and I haven’t slept well.”

I turned off all the lights, then downloaded her security app on my phone and signed into it so I could set and unset the alarm.

Once everything was secure, and we were once again in her bed cuddling, I made my move.

“Tell me everything about Leo,” I said. “Don’t leave a single detail out. Not if you think it might be important.”

So, for the next hour, I listened to her describe in minute detail, every single thing that happened to her since Leo was born.

She spared no feelings.

Just let it all hang out there.

And by the time that she was done, and shivering in my arms, I’d made my decision.

Leo Darling had to die.

I didn’t need confirmation of his actions.

You couldn’t make up those kinds of details.

Plus, he was a fuckin’ murderer.

I may not have proof, but I wasn’t going to waste the time.

If Leo went the way I felt like he was going to go, then Jessamy would be next.

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