She finally saw the bait on the bed. She was only steps away from the spot where I needed her to be. “Ah, there it is,” Olivia said. My eyes widened. She was there. I held the bat up high and swung as hard I could, cracking right into the back of Olivia’s head. She fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes, hard and loud. I wasn’t sure if her skull had cracked or the bat had.

