The DecisionRoland ... Spadros? “I don’t understand.”
Then I stared at Gardena, aghast.
Roy Spadros had violated Amelia, forced her to bear little Pip, terrorized and hounded her. Her entire family had gone through anguish and turmoil for a decade because of it. “Did Roy Spadros hurt you? Is that what’s going on?”
Gardena stared at me, mouth open, her demeanor moving from shock to fear, then to a horrified realization. She pressed her hands to her mouth for several seconds, and her eyes reddened.
My heart pounded. I hoped she would trust me. And I decided if Roy had hurt Gardena, I would go to Roy’s house and kill him. I would concoct a pretext, get past his guards and cut his throat. I didn’t care who saw, or what happened afterward.
I’d wanted to kill him for ten years, and this was
