No Longer The Foolish Wife

cut with a knife. Crystal and Kyle acted like they owned the place, C

, stayed close to me, his sm

bold creature, was hiding under the sof

owl of pain from the living room, f

neck, dangling him precariously, while he poked at the terri

own!" I yelled,

ut, "Leave Wh

where she was flipping through a magazin

mage control with his unit, just waved a dismissive h

s furious. "He'

grasp. Whiskers hissed, scratche

old and unremorseful, just like

cat," he

r the bed, Danny started to cry softly. "Kyle is mean

I know," I said,

"What's all this crying about now? Can't a

Kyle hurt the cat again,

t being a kid! Danny needs to toughen up, stop being

wing empathy, something your... oth

y defense, pointed at Tom. "You'

towards Danny. "Don't you dare talk to me like

ed Dann

ting the wall, his eyes

was in my pocket, already recording audio. I fumbled it ou

m!" I screamed, ste

at my phone. A flicker of somethin

ine, Sarah. You'r

ice shaking but resolute

is my house too, remember? And he's my

afe. The shove, the wor

nny up. "We'

nfirmed a bruised arm, nothing broken, but the fear in Danny'

he audio and video on my p

vide

we're going on a little trip. Mommy needs to

my post two states over where Tom often "drilled," the post where Crystal l

burn their worl