chapter 58

MOLLY

Oh, god.

Not again, but again.

All that flashed through my head in the space when Ashton let me back down, and bang!

Bang!

He cursed, pulling up my panties, then fastening his own pants. He had a gun out, and where did he get that gun? But he had it pointed down, and he took my hand, pulling me to the back of the shed.

I looked around, hearing the screams but knowing I had to follow Ashton.

Another scream. God. That was Jess’s mom.

And another—that was Sophie.

I started to turn, to run for her, but Ashton caught my hand. “No. No, babe.”

I could hear Sophie crying. A guttural scream left me, but Ashton yanked me against him, clamping a hand over my mouth and wrapping an arm around my stomach. He was hurrying backward, carrying me with him, and he had the gun in his hand. “Ssssh. Please, Molly. Please.”

I was crying, already knowing I was about to lose someone. I didn’t care if it was me. Just not someone else. Please.

I stopped fighting to get free, and Ashton put me back down at