#Chapter 21 – Bath Time'

Tires screech as Victor swerves into his driveway, throwing the car into park and jumping out the door almost before it stops. “Victo-“ Amelia says, just starting to unbuckle her seatbelt. But he’s already moving around the house, heading for Evelyn’s cottage out back. Amelia slumps back in the seat, watching him go. He didn’t say a word to her the entire ride back. Instead, he made a thousand calls, shouted at Betas, ordered more security for the house. He didn’t even look at her. Fuck. Amelia crosses her arms over her chest and stares silently out the windshield, planning her next move. Victor bursts into my house through the back door, coming into the living room where I’m working to wrangle two sobbing boys into their pajamas. They cried the whole way home and, while I don’t blame them, my head is pounding. “Are they okay?” Victor asks as he approaches, looking over the boys. “They’re fine,” I say softly. “Boys, what happened,” Victor asks, staring at the twins wh