Chapter 70. Six-Letter Word

Never in my life did I think a six-letter word would ever turn my life upside down.

Leslie isn’t even alive but I want to kill her again. And not just her, but her memories too, simply because although she’s dead, her memories still live on, haunting my darling husband.

Kian is not here, and in his wake is my mother. The doctors left after confirming I was well, and so did Eddy, ignoring the silent plea in my eyes. I didn’t want to be left alone with her because we would have to talk, and I don’t want to talk.

Nobody seemed to understand this as they filed out of the house one by one. It was when Eddy shut the door, I realized that it’s just us.

She is seated on the couch in the sitting room, watching me. Waiting for the right time to speak.

I don’t give her a chance though, storming off into the kitchen to find something else.

“I made pasta if you want some,” she said, standing at the edge of the door, blocking my only exit. Not that she could st