Have Mercy by N. E. Henderson

Author:N. E. Henderson [Henderson, N. E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi

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— Jamie —

She’s been quiet since we left that house, sitting next to me in the passenger seat of her SUV. When we walked out, I asked her if I could drive. She didn’t hesitate handing over her key ring with the key fob on it, and I was grateful. I didn’t want to sit alone in my thoughts. I need some type of control, even if it was only driving us from point A to point B. Now we sit, parked in her driveway behind Cole’s Jeep. Danny’s truck is next to us on the right, but Brandon’s is nowhere in sight. Jenna has been on her smartphone since I pulled out of that driveway twenty minutes ago, the dash reading nine fifteen at night.

Since Brandon’s truck is missing, I’m wondering if they are even home. Perhaps they both took their grandmother to dinner, but then again, it’s late and Jenna and I were gone a while. I chose not to go back to my rental house for my Land Rover, hoping the more time we stay in one place together, the quicker Jenna will open up and tell me the answers to the questions I begged her for earlier tonight.

My talk with Jessica didn’t help me any. Sure, she said some things that made me pause to think, but nothing helped move me closer toward any semblance of truth. Seeing those two girls, their sad and broken expression helped by giving me insight into what victims look like. I didn’t get to speak to them, but I’m guessing that wasn’t the point of the trip. Jenna just wanted me to see the looks on their faces, the emotions they harbor in their eyes.

I did see them, but I was also grateful I didn’t have to stare at them for too long. They both reminded me of the eyes I’ll never forget—Jenna’s eyes when she walked in, finding me balls deep inside Julia. Between the heartbroken look on her face and the guilt I immediately felt, it was too much to deal with. I knew if I met her eyes again, I’d crash and fall to my knees. At the time, I thought I was doing the right things. I realize now that it was because I didn’t want to own up to my own wrongdoings. If I couldn’t see my faults, I sure as shit wouldn’t have been able to see the truth in anyone else either. And that’s all on me. I did this to us. I am the one that broke us.

“When my parents found out I was pregnant, they honestly thought that was the only reason I came back home. They thought I’d gotten knocked up by whoever I’d been with those three months I was gone and got scared. I kept my pregnancy to myself until the point that I couldn’t anymore. If my mom had thought once that Danny was yours, she probably would have called you herself. I think my dad started to have his doubts, but my mother wouldn’t ease up.

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