Chapter 36

Leaving Carmen outdoors, I rounded on Lydia . ' And that makes it alright? " I snarled. ' That makes it alright to set me in peril? All these children? What the fuck were you allowing? " Her mouth worked out noiselessly. ' It was to support her! " ' At the cost of how numerous children? " I raged. ' How numerous lives? " ' Adam " ' Save it! " I wrangle. ' I 'm leaving. " Seething with wrathfulness, I hastened down from the house. Carmen hastened alongside me, belting her arms tight around her body to cover her from the cool night. Leaving our only source of security before, we faded into the belly of the timber. Three days latterly, I roused to fifty- seven missed calls from Lydia , Carmen and indeed one from an unknown UK number, which I could only assume was from Officer Louise. utmost of them left voicemails. I deleted them all. The breakfast I had that morning didn't sit well in my stomach and by the time I'd signed on my sheath to head to the cortege position, my phone was