The sound of heavy footsteps crushing the grass greet my ears and I turn slightly to see Uncle Huck walking toward me with a rifle in his hand. He doesn’t say a word until he gets to me.
“Get your bag, Maddi. I’ll get rid of Abigail’s body.”
He … he shot Momma.
He killed her so I could stay here with him.
I let out a sob as I reach up and wrap my arms around his broad shoulders. He holds me tightly against him, kisses the top of my head, then rests his forehead against mine.
I’m not crying ‘ca
use Momma’s dead. That bitch knew what Daddy did to me and didn’t stop him. But I made sure he had an accident—I cut the lines to his brakes one night when everyone was sleeping and he ended up driving off a bridge the next day to work. The ferry was coming through and the bridge went up, but he couldn’t stop his car and went plummeting into the bay.
I’m not crying ‘cause I won’t know how to explain to people that Momma left me, because I’m sure Uncle Huck will help me come up with a story.
I’m crying ‘cause I’m not the one that got to pull the trigger. I’m crying ‘cause the only man that honestly gives a shit about me has to bear the weight of another dead body on his conscience.
The tears will go away soon, though, and everything will be okay.
It’ll be me and Uncle Huck on his farm working hard during the day and being together at night.
And if anyone comes to ask us where Momma and Aunt Brianna are, we’ll tell them that they left us.
‘Cause after all, isn’t that what all the bad people do?
About Yolanda Olson
Yolanda Olson is an award-winning and international bestselling author. Born and raised in Bridgeport, CT where she currently resides, she usually spends her time watching her favorite channel, Investigation Discovery. Occasionally, she takes a break to write books and test the limits of her mind. Also an avid horror movie fan, she likes to incorporate dark elements into the majority of her books.
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