Chapter 3

The cops looked at each other, totally clueless about what to do.

The reporters finally snapped out of it and locked their cameras onto my mother on the ledge.

Ethan and Michael were utterly stunned, mouths hanging open, their minds blank.

After a few seconds of silence, the livestream comments went completely off the rails.

[What the hell am I seeing right now? The mom's actually forcing her older daughter to off the younger one? And she's threatening her own life to make it happen?]

[This family is totally nuts! Completely unhinged. This isn't favoritism; it's a cult!]

[I'm actually…