Cassidy's POV
ALL THE EVIDENCE ARE IN THE BASEMENT, JUST LIKE I SENT YOU IN THE PICTURE. DANTE HASN'T MOVED A THING.
My hands tremble as I wait for Detective Jones to reply to my text.
He begins to type, and his message drops: Okay, we're coming in now. Pretend you know nothing about this. We aren't involving you. Just stay in the background okay? And if things go out of hand, we will escort you safely out of the premises.
I gulp upon reading his message. If things go out of hand... If things go out of hand... I repeat fearfully in my mind.
Things had better stay in hand. I'm not ready for any sort of violence. The door of the nursery opens, and I throw my phone under my pillow as Dante walks in.
"There's someone at the door. Clean up that bruise on your arm."
I nod obediently a
