CHAPTER 46
“Hello, Kimmie. You’re looking grown-up tonight.” Chuck leered at her and shoved his way into the entrance, locking the door behind him.
“What are you doing?” Kimmie could barely stammer the question.
“Just checking up on my favorite stepdaughter.” He let out a grating chuckle as he glanced around the foyer. “Too bad you’re the ugly one of the sisters. You could never get a rich man to marry you and set you up in a home like this. Not with a face like that.”
Kimmie was bombarded with a dozen thoughts at once, which all finally managed to clear their way through the chaos into the single realization: I have to protect Pip.
She figured the longer she could keep Chuck here in the foyer with her, the more chance her brother would have of staying safe. Maybe he’d recognize his f
