She Returned Home For Christmas Only To Discover Her Family Had Already Left Without Her

take the wheel and put you in a ditch.”

“They left you to die.”

His eyes flashed. “And I am still here.”

That stopped me.

He squeezed my fingers with surprising strength.

“I want them held accountable,” he said. “Every dollar. Every lie. Every hour in that cold room. I want all of it in daylight. But I don’t want you becoming what they are. Promise me.”

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