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Sharp inhaled swiftly, his eyes a sudden vat of flame

“Please, tell me that you didn’t actually just say that… or do that when he was a young child,” Sharp growled

Oh, boy He sounded really pissed now

“Sir” The butler cleared his throat “There are soers on our doorstep Shall I let them in?”

“You shall,” Sharp hissed

Rebecca took a few steps toward the back door, but Sharp’s hand whipped out and caught her around the upper bicep “You will stay and answer to your crimes”

“I will not” Rebecca tried to pull her ar kids I was happy just the ere”

Selfish Always so selfish

I was better off without her

But I spoke the truth earlier

My life would’ve been a whole lot easier had I not been born at all

Two very large Texas Rangers walked in, and apparently there wasn’t a single person that Lynn didn’t know, because he greeted both by name

“Griffin” Lynn nodded his head and held out his hand to the one on the left that hadn’t taken his hat off when he entered After shaking his hand, he moved to the one next to him “Jarock”

Jarock, the large black man that had arms that strained his uniform shirt, looked over at Rebecca like she was a piece of trash he didn’t want to pick up, yet was doing it anyway

“You Rebecca Sharp?” Jarock asked

Rebecca stepped away, her hands up in a placating gesture “I didn’t do it! The butler did!”

The butler cursed and started to run, but the other Texas Ranger stopped him before he could so much as take two steps out of the room

“Everybody sit down,” Lynn ordered “And start talking”

• • •

We never got dinner That would have to come tomorrow

We’d run out of time

By the ti on in her sleep, which slightly terrified me

She barely had enough strength to get herself up the porch stairs on her own

By the ti the alarm off in her slowness, I took pity on her and picked her up