A lot happened in the split second when he laughed and said that, sure, he’d try anything if it made his life more bearable. I was standing back in that filthy living room, my body exposed, and Kevin was prepping a needle for me. I was a living flame of fear, and I was plunging the steel down into his eye. I wasn’t myself. I was Hannah Rose Ashford, and I was terrified for my life.
