Chapter Thirty-Seven
SAVAGE“Happy now?” Tina screeched. Scratched and bleeding fingers balled into fists and her legs continued to propel her up the stairs towards Phoenix in a fierce piston motion. “You stupid little girl! What did you do?”
“That’s enough!” The officer held his hands out in front of him. Three others joined him to haul Tina away from Phoenix. Her damp jacket slid beneath their grip, giving her enough time to press her fingers around Phoenix’s throat.
“Why?” she snarled, her voice husky and feral. “You’ve ruined everything!” Her head snapped back as the officers dragged her off the porch and flipped her onto her stomach in the wet grass. “She tried to kill me! I could have drowned!” The officer sitting on her back pressed Tina’s face against the dirt and cut off the res
