Scarlet stared into space as the memory of the previous evening flooded her mind. Tears streamed down her face as small gasps escaped her lips.
“Archie... Oh no, Archie.” Heart-wrenching sobs escaped her throat.
Stephan pulled her into his arms and stroked her brunette hair off her face. “You didn’t mean to. It was beyond your control.”
“Scar, we are here to help you and no one else will get hurt.” Kayla squeezed her toes to reassure her. She had to know that they didn’t judge her and they didn’t hold it against her.
“One-o-two,” Scarlet whispered those words as she remembered the police and the neighbors that had flooded the hallways the previous night.
“What did you say, my love.”
To Stephan, like the others in the room, the numbers didn’t mean anything to them. But it meant every
