Billy
Clay had made the biggest mistake of his life.
He’d attacked my daughter.
Not only had he attacked her, he’d tried to r**e her inside a house where he had been welcomed as Lilly’s boyfriend.
I couldn’t get the image out of my head.
Celeste on that kitchen floor.
His hands around her throat.
Her fighting for every breath.
If Jamie and Josh had been a few minutes later…
I couldn’t finish that thought.
I didn’t want to.
Clay was sitting in the trunk of Taylor’s blue metallic 2020 Chevrolet Impala as we headed out of town. The further we travelled, the fewer houses we passed. Soon, the road narrowed and civilisation disappeared behind us.
We knew this area well enough by now.
There was an abandoned building tucked away in the middle of nowhere. No neighbours. No passing traf
