CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Lauren drove a county road into Parkerville, a fighter returning to the ring. She checked into a small inn and headed to the bathroom to wash away the heavy make-up and strip off the bunchy cotton padding. Tomorrow she would don them as a ticket into Megan’s house where she would interrupt the last supper they’d ever eat.
With their bodies still warm, she would go to Rachel’s house and kill Charles and Steve. Lauren imagined Rachel’s stricken face as she watched her family die. She would plead for them and find no sympathy. Then, Rachel would die…slowly and painfully, a just punishment for deserting her first born. Lauren relished the scenario so intently that she had trouble falling asleep. Yet, when she did nod off, she slept deeply.
She awakened ready to fulfill her d
