Chapter 50.
Keira’s POV.
I fought within my heart for most of the week after my near encounter with Mrs. Hawthorne. The manager has called my phone a couple of times— presumably on Jasper’s instructions — but I’d ignored all of them. Even Jasper had begun suspecting things were a bit off. I’d tried to play it down and keep up appearances. But my father’s threat hung over my head like a black cloud, threatening to rain down a storm on me at any second.
I looked at the clock sitting on the bedside cupboard. It was almost six pm. I had to act fast. Growing up, I’d known my father not to be a man who made empty threats. I picked up my purse and my phone and walked out of the room. Jasper would return from work at any moment so if I wanted to act, the time was now.
Jerry was sitting lazily
