#Chapter 124 - A Fear Like No Other

Layla “Mommy?” I froze. My hand was still wrapped firmly around the handle of the blade Vanessa had threatened me with just minutes ago. But I made no immediate move to use it. The soft, innocent sound of my own child’s voice broke through the air and struck me like a stray bullet to the back. All the air became stuck in my lungs as I dared to turn my head. Eli. The center of my life. My last bit of normalcy I had—was terrified. For all the times he’d been placed in such dangerous, life-threatening situations, he’d remained calm and collected. Not this time. The whites of his eyes were so large, it made him look several years younger. There was a tremble to his hands and his bottom lip. My heart clenched between my lungs. What was I to do? Vanessa’s life was literally in the palms of my hands. She was the sole cause for all the destruction that’s been going on recently. Her deception cost my family and me so much. I wanted her dead. She didn’t deserve to bre