The Neighbor by Nikki Rayne & Jamie Knight

Author:Nikki Rayne & Jamie Knight
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-04-24T04:00:00+00:00

At home, Lily was wrapped in a blanket, watching cartoons on the sofa. Even though I knew she just needed to fight it off, I hated seeing her cute little face pale and frowning.

She had a plate with three saltines, something I’d done since she was a toddler, and a glass of water with a straw. Her stuffed pink kitten was tucked in right in front of her… its blank eyes staring at the screen as if it were watching with her.

I obsessively checked her temperature until she finally fell asleep. Whenever Lily was sick, I was a nervous wreck. She was all I had left.

At dinnertime, I didn’t want to use the microwave for fear of disturbing her. Lily needed the rest so she could get better.

As I spread peanut butter on a piece of bread, I heard a car in Hope’s driveway. Her friend stepped out of the car, wearing a short deep green dress and black heels.

She waited at the door for a long moment. She hugged someone before entering the house. I couldn’t handle any noise… not tonight.

It didn’t matter that Hope was quite possibly the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen. It didn’t matter that she was going through a rough patch. My daughter came first… she would always come first.

Lily woke up around seven, and I sat with her on the couch, watching whatever cartoon she had on. She didn’t want anything to eat, but I managed to help her drink half of a glass of water.

It was probably around nine when she fell asleep again. I carried her upstairs and tucked her into bed, kissed her forehead, and was greeted by loud, terrible music as I stepped out into the hallway.

No.

This was not going to happen.

I stomped down the stairs and picked up my phone. The number to the police station wasn’t something I knew but it didn’t take long for me to look it up.

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