CHAPTER 37
MAEWhen Brett rolled off me, I pressed my legs together to try to ease the burn between them and curled my arms around my knees with tears streaming down my face. I wanted to cry forever, but I didn’t want to make a sound and anger him again. He would do it again—and worse next time.
Brett grinned and closed his eyes, chuckling to himself while I lay beside him, in fear that he would never let me or the children go.
Why had I been so stupid? Had I really thought coming to Brett’s house was a good idea? Why couldn’t I make any right decisions to save my life?
Dad was dead because of me.
On the bright side, I’d found the missing pups.
I waited and waited and waited for Brett to hop up and drag me to another room, bind my wrists with chains, and declare me his forever, but it
