Chapter 4Jesse was more than a little annoyed at being pulled away from Gideon—and his diabolical plan—but he tried to push that aside by the time he reached the front door. There were plenty of people who had perfectly legitimate reasons to drop by their house in the middle of the day, and to be fair, Jesse was usually awake even when Gideon was sleeping.
He expected to open the door to either JT or Dominique, but the woman standing on the other side was a stranger. A stranger who looked like she needed their help.
Dark, curly hair spilled across her cheeks, but it did little to hide the abrasive burns that marred her dusky skin. There were more burns across the back of her hands, along with broken skin on her knuckles and at least one ragged fingernail. As soon as Jesse noticed them, h
