Amelia's POV
Feeling a huge relief wash over me after hearing that Lexi is okay, I sink to the ground, trying not to cry. My baby girl is safe. Lexi is safe. Tears start falling from my eyes. I can't help it. Everything has piled up the past few days and is flooding out. All the stress, all the fear, all the worry, and all the hatred. It's all just gone. After a few minutes, I wipe my eyes and get up. "Before we go, we should tell the judge what is going on," John says. After filling in the judge, he drops the case, and we are free to go. The drive back to our house is much quicker than the drive to the courthouse.
Pulling up to the house, I see everyone huddled around a body on the ground. My heart skips a beat, thinking of all the possibilities of who it could be. Panic sinks in, an
