No More Tears: The Avenging Wife

gasp a painful sound in the quiet, dusty room. Pneumonia ha

who was sitting on the porc

ake her to a doctor.

p from the gun, his vo

our savings are for J.D.' s future

eb. Maya is five, and she coul

oked at me, h

got a cough. Brenda' s boy is th

ter, my mother-in-law, Mary-Ann, came into the

"These are leftover antibiotics from when J.D. was s

ng expired. I knew they were useless, but I had no other choic

er brow with a cool cloth, whisper

t was

Just like that. She went still and quiet

ny. I ran out of the room and launched myself at Caleb, at Ma

with fear. He was afraid I' d scream about h

with my jaw. The world exploded i

y taste of blood filled my mouth. Caleb was driving, his face set like ston

truck and threw me onto

t, before getting back in his truck and driving

was the sound of a predato

decorated Army Colonel, arriving in our small town in a black government car. He was looking fo

asn't me

body. She smiled sweetly, and my father, believing he' d found his long-lost daughter, embraced her. He whis

fter they murdered

violent jolt,

room. The morning light was filtering throu

t was there, coo

l cot. She was sleeping peacefully, her chest

It was three days before she would get

ket, the metal dig

n't just a mother. I was an avenger

e them pay