#Chapter 49 - Paisley Comes Home

Ethan “Ethan please!” Eve wails, still huddled on the floor and sobbing like an actress in a soap opera. If I’d been angry before, my fight with Jane had pushed me completely over the edge. Her words cut me incredibly deep, mostly because I know they were true. This was all my fault. Yes, Eve is clearly an unforgivably cruel, borderline heartless woman, but I’m the one who let her stick around even after I knew what she was. The law enforcement officers had agreed it was for the best, but now I can see only to clearly that what was best for their case and what was best for my child were two very different things. “Stop your sniveling this instant.” I command, my booming voice echoing around the room. “I want you out of my house within the half hour, anything that’s still here after that is going to be thrown out on the street.” “No!” She keens, “You can’t, you don’t understand. I don’t have anywhere else to go!” “Then you should have thought of that before you abused my pup!