Chapter 38

My eyes land on the vase on the coffee table nearby in the room and I reach for it quickly, with the intent of smashing it on her head.

Not to kill her, but just to render her unconscious until I can figure out what to do about her.

When I have the hard glass object in my hand, I lift it up and just as I am about to hit her with it, Robert steps out of the bathroom.

“No!” He says loudly and she turns around and sees me with the vase in my hand.

I lower the object and I place it on the floor.

“Jen, what the hell?” Robert asks as he walks towards us in a towel covering his lower body. His hair is wet and strands of it lay weakly on his forehead.

“She was about to call the police!” I argue back and he looks at his sister.

“Oh, no. Don’t tell me that you’re in on this too. Robert, she’s a killer!” Gwen says loudly as she stares at her brother in disbelief.

Robert scratches behind his neck and says in a low tone, “I kinda know already, Gwen.”

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