Chapter 46

I march across the wet car park, shaking and sobbing with my coat in my hands. The driver that Jake hired stands dutifully to open my door as I approach, and I get in. I can’t contain everything going on inside my head.

I was stupid to come here! I was a fool to think I could handle this. She will never change. She will never see that she’s the one who brings this on. She chooses these men, then makes goddamn excuses for what they do.

It only makes me more determined to take Sophie when I leave. I decide it’ll be sooner rather than later, as I can’t stay here much longer. She won’t talk to the police herself; even I know that. And she will make Sophie lie to them for her too, like she used to make me.

Deny she knew her attacker, and then what? He will be back in a heartbeat. Until the next time when she ends up back here, and then what? Maybe one day, one of them will kill her. Can she not see how what she does affects me and affects Sophie?

I calm down as we