her off, but she reached for a statue on her bookshelf and swung at me.” “She hit you?” “Would have cracked my skull if I hadn’t swung back. She fell, slammed her head on the coffee table. When she didn’t move, I thought she might be dead, but then I saw she was still breathing. Oh, I thought about calling nine-one-one. Then I thought about the consequences if she woke up and told everyone what I did. What you did. Most of all, I thought about Maggie and how that—that cheap piece of trash could destroy Maggie’s happiness. That girl was relentless. She’d never give up, so I had no choice. I had
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Charlie killed Taryn
