Chapter 175

Jenny was completely freaking out. With just one move, Beckett had basically crushed the Merritt family. He had promised—promised—that as long as the Merritts admitted Charlotte's wrongdoing publicly, he'd let them go. Her fingers trembling, Jenny dialed his number. "Beckett… why are you doing this?" Beckett didn't ignore her, picked up even. Gave her that much. "You gave me your word," she said, voice cracking as she tried to suppress her sobs. "You swore if we owned up to what Charlotte did, you'd back off. Why are you turning on me like this? What did I do to deserve it?" Beckett waited until she was done crying before he spoke, calm and composed. "I'm not the one coming after you now. Looks to me like it's the victims getting their justice." "Beckett…" Jenny's voice rose, trembling, almost hysterical. "Why are you doing this to me?!" "You're smarter than that, Jenny. I still left a path out for the Merritts. From now on, Charlotte stays the hell away from Pinebrook, never sets foot