{Hailey’s Pov}
I found myself listening, wondering: Was anyone back there? You won’t last a month in this house. I didn’t think Julian had meant that as a physical threat—and Williams certainly hadn’t reacted as if my life were being threatened. Still, I shivered.
“Hailey? There’s something I have to show you.” Kaira flipped open my new tablet’s cover.
“Just for the record, it’s okay if you want to yell. “Why would I—” I cut off when I saw what she’d pulled up. It was a video of Craig. He was standing next to a reporter. The fact that his hair was combed told me that the interview hadn’t been a total surprise. The caption across the screen read: Friend of the Vale family.
“Hailey was always a loner,” Craig said on-screen. “She didn’t have any friends. I’m not saying she was a bad perso
