The sun was high in sky as Collin pulled up to the dilapidated remains of his childhood home. He had known his mom had been struggling with some of the maintenance, he just hadn’t realized that meant all the maintenance.
Collin got out of the car and took in the peeling paint and front porch, which was struggling to hang onto the main house. Collin could see into the house through the holes in the siding and the roof didn’t look much better. Continue reading
The wheels of the rental car ate the miles between the airport and what appeared to be the middle of nowhere. Collin sighed as his hometown of Cottonwood came into view.
He was talking to his boss, Frank Phillips, on the phone, explaining who covering his cases while he was absent. Continue reading
Collin sighed as he shut off the computer. It had been a very long day, filled with incompetence from Billy and putting out fires.
Collin put files in his briefcase to go over at home, it was going to be a long night. He glanced at the clock. Continue reading
Collin Knight sat behind his desk looking over the files his interns had brought him.
At 36, Collin was well on his way to making partner at the law firm he had worked at for over a decade. Achieving that goal was all he ever wanted. He was so close. Collin would sacrifice anything to succeed.
Relief flooded Evelyn as she walked into the dinning room and saw her father seated at the head of the table. Their eyes met and he motioned her over to him.
“Pierce, Daddy wants me to go to him,” Evelyn whispered. Continue reading
“How could you, you sick bastard! You disgust me, Thad. I can’t believe you of all people would attempt such a despicable crime,” Evelyn spat at him.
Thad’s face was thunderous, he grabbed Evelyn by the arm and threw her across the room into a wall, before pinning her there. “How dare you slap me, you little cock tease!” Continue reading
A frantic knock one the door startled Pierce from his sleep. He quickly made his way to the door while Evelyn stirred in the bed.
Pierce opened the door to find a distraught Lisette, tears streaming down her face. “Lisette?” Pierce was surprised to see the woman. She usually sent some form of missive announcing her visits, however, she was clearly distressed. Continue reading
Once Pierce and Evelyn made it back to her room, she went straight for the passage.
“Evelyn wait. I am not getting a good feeling about this, lass.” Pierce stopped Evelyn near the door. Continue reading
Evelyn froze on the boards. “Keep going, Evie! She can’t find us,” Pierce hissed from behind her.
Evelyn was so distracted by her mother’s continuous knocking and commands, as well as her anxiety over being four stories off the ground, that she misstepped and started falling forward. Continue reading
Pierce had watched Evelyn leave her box with Richard after her Mother’s remark. He went upstairs to his room to clean up and change. There were still a few hours before dinner, so Pierce decided to climb up his balcony onto Evelyn’s.
She was sitting in front of the fireplace looking pale and withdrawn with her arms around her legs. He could tell she had been crying. Suddenly her face crumbled and Evelyn started sobbing into her legs. Continue reading
