State of Lies by Siri Mitchell

Author:Siri Mitchell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2019-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

I meant to get ready for bed after I tucked Sam in, but I couldn’t.

My hands were shaking too hard to brush my teeth.

The attack on Sam hadn’t been random and it hadn’t been a childish prank. It had been deliberate.

I went into the kitchen to get a glass of water. Alice followed me, pausing in the doorway as if unsure what to do.

“I don’t—I don’t—” I put down the glass and gripped the lip of the sink. I couldn’t seem to take in a breath. So I stepped back, bending over to let my head fall between my arms. “I don’t know, Alice.” I took in a deep, gasping breath and then lifted my head. “What do I do?”

Ransacking my house was one thing. But attacking Sam?

I glanced out the window over the sink, into the dark, out into the night where people were watching. Sean, perhaps. And the FBI. Or the Department of Defense. Or grown men who told their children to beat up little boys.

I grabbed my glass. Or tried to. It toppled over into the sink and shattered.

“Alice—” I couldn’t keep the sobs from coming any longer. I slid to the floor and pulled my knees to my chest.

Alice shuffled over.

I grabbed hold of her neck and buried my face in her fur.

The tears didn’t last long because I knew they wouldn’t help. And I knew it didn’t make any difference how afraid, how terrified I was. The only way out was through.

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