Chapter 8

With a thud, I dropped to my knees without hesitation.

Nina burst into laughter.

"Gemma, you ruined Chris and got him thrown in jail, and you think you’ll still have a good life? Dream on!

"Chris and I were supposed to get married. He promised we’d be together, and now you’ve destroyed everything!"

"Nina, calm down. Chris did terrible things, and he deserves to be punished.

"He killed my four children!"

"That was my idea." She stepped closer, her face twisted with malice.

"I told him to kill your kids. They were useless anyway."

Smack! I couldn’t hold back any longer and slapped her hard across the face.

"You... it was you all along!"

I was so furious I could barely breathe.

She sneered, "I never wanted you to have a good life, and now I’m going to kill your only child too."

She moved toward Harvey, and I lunged forward, grabbing her leg and yanking her to the ground. I quickly wrestled the torch out of her hand.

For my child, I would do anything.

At that moment, Lily rus