“What did you come for?”
“To make you lose what she lost.”
Her eyes moved to me.
“The person you
love most.”
Russell stepped in front of me.
“No.”
Rebecca smiled.
“There it is.”
She aimed.
Then Claire moved beside Russell.
“So you’ll have to shoot me too.”
Daniel joined her.
“And me.”
Margaret stepped forward.
“And me.”
Rebecca stared.
For the first time, uncertainty crossed her face.
Claire said, “You wanted a family that acknowledged what happened to your mother?”
Rebecca’s jaw tightened.
“Don’t.”
“Then hear it.”
Claire’s voice shook.
“She was your mother. She was ours too. And she deserved better from all of them.”
Russell lowered his head.
Margaret began crying.
Claire continued.
“But killing Emily won’t bring her back.”
Rebecca’s gun trembled.
“You don’t know me.”
“No.”
