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I caone when I realized what the sound remindedfor the right code to be set, only this one was taking too long for anyone as supposed to know the correct numbers I didn’t think, just juht was for the girls alone in their little cribs unprotected

It didn’tin at this point;to them I dashed into the nursery and closed the door behindso that I could hear as going on outside

Adrenaline puh my system at a fast rate as I waited with ainst the wood of the door I letthe natural tension in ht mode it was in

I heard the sound of footsteps on the stairs before they reached the landing, and flight was no longer an option The footsteps stopped at the door to thetheir way towards the nursery

Seconds later, the door handle rattled, and I stepped back and away cautiously and got into position I didn’t know if the person was armed, but I can work around that I looked back at the two cribs where the girls were fast asleep, hoping they didn’t wake up

Whoever it was put their shoulder to the door and tried pushing it open, it worked on the third try I didn’t stop to think about ure stepped into the opening, I was ready

I went in low and fast, shovingthe person up and over h so that whoever it was didn’t land on the floor I didn’t want theirls “Hello, Lauren”

Her eyes looked wild and unhinged in the darkness of the rooht to break it up She uttural animal-like sound and tried to escape my hold I kneasn’t possible, not unless she broke her arm; that’s the only way she could escape the hold I had on her wrist

“Shh!” I put er toalloutside because you’re not waking the girls Co” My voice was as non-confrontational as I couldinside

I could kill her right now and get aith it, given the circuht I shook hts of how ed her out of the room with her arm twisted up between her shoulders and pulled the door closed with my foot

“You bitch, get your hands off me They’re my children; this is my house” She made a wild move as if to hit me with her free hand, and I al aroundlike a maniac

It was a repeat of that day, the day when I’d played it safe, and she alht, this wasn’t ed, and I’ll be daet aith it a second tiet to the girls, I forgot all about playing nice

“I think the fuck not” I put more pressure on her ar her towards the stairs I just needed to get her as far away froirls getting hurt if we stayed up here And just where the heck is Derrick?

I ignored the na to correct her when she accusedher husband while she was still in the picture I listened only to the tone of her voice and the erratic way she breathed, all signs of a heightened mental break

I had no interest in hurting her, or in having so contest with her She’s just a casualty of the Jenny-Derrick saga And the fact that she has ato do her bodily harm