“Calvin was a drunk. He was hurting Eloise,” Nixie said. For me, it had never been about saving Eloise Salt and her baby. It was clear from the beginning that getting rid of Calvin was hitting two birds with one very well-aimed stone. One less Salt on Saoirse brought me one step closer to putting things right. Calvin got warnings first, of course. A visit from Zachariah, Jake, and Noah. They’d hoped after a few broken ribs that he’d come to some sense, but I knew better. I knew the Salts. When he didn’t stop hitting Eloise, we dealt with it. We took care of our own on Saoirse.
