Chapter 4

David, caught off guard when I saw through his thoughts, cut me off with a slap.

My head whipped to the side, my lip split open, and blood stained my shirt.

Even the neighbors crowding the doorway were stunned into silence for a moment.

But Lillian quickly started wailing again. "Look at what you've done to David. He loved you so much, and you still drove him to hit you. Bitch, why don't you die already?"

Her words hit me like an icicle straight through my chest.

That was the last thing she ever said to me on the phone…