With a Vengeance

by Riley Sager

The invitation only details the trip to Chicago. There’s no mention of how they’re supposed to get back home.

In that moment, Sally realizes all her attempts at transformation were for nothing. Even though she lost thirty pounds, elevated her style, and went from mousy brunette to cool blond, there are still people who see her for who she truly is. Rotten to the core.

Is she the doomed one or merely the messenger? She suspects it’s a little of both, considering how everyone she had ever loved is now dead.

Revenge is fleeting. Vengeance lasts a lifetime.

“Death,” she tells Judd, “would be a mercy for you all. And considering what you did to my family, I’m not in a merciful mood.”