The Monster I Once Married And Loved

aying on a far-off screen. I remember police officers, their voices low and serious. I remember paramedics

was warm, but a deep, permanent cold had settled

nowhere t

, sat beside me, her ha

r voice trembling. "I

t look at anyone. I just kept s

esperate plea. "He told the nanny to just leave them out for a few

oice

the young woman we sometimes hired, wasn't there last n

edges of reality. I remembered Liam' s words from the basement. A fitting trib

ough the grief, someth

said, my voice a broken croak. "

Thorne grabbed my arm, he

reaming down her face now. "Please don'

hending. "He murdered my

this... this hatred for your family for years. It' s t

ldren's frozen bodie

d, my voice de

rough. Think of how my husband... Liam' s father... helped your parents when they were just starting

ng-forgotten kindness as a shield for a murderer. She was

g. I felt a wave of dizziness wash

the coffee table, buzzed. A message lit up the

s clear on the

y about that bitch. When are you coming

ba

a mis

s pre

with her. While our children lay dead, he was with h

A blackness rushed in from the edges of my