Chloe
Eight years ago
I yawned. I had just stepped out of the library. My eyes stung from all the reading. I’d spent most of the day reading between book pages. My only thought was collapsing into the comfort of my pillow and sleeping.
My phone buzzed. I pulled it out of my pocket and instantly felt my stomach drop at the name flashing across the screen.
Psychopath: Come home tomorrow. I have something to show my lovely sister. I promise I’ll make it last longer this time.
I stared at it for a long time. My hand trembled slightly around the phone.
Last longer.
What he meant wasn’t what anyone would normally think. It was so much worse.
There was a reason I’d saved his number that way. Richard wasn’t just cruel, he was twisted. He used to torture animals, those little, harmless cr
