I ARRIVED AT MY BEACH HOUSE EXPECTING PEACE-YILUX

out of my car.

Closed the door gently.

And followed.

The music hit me again as I approached.

Laughter.

Voices.

The same chaos.

But now… it felt different.

Because now, I wasn’t the one being pushed out.

I stepped onto the edge of the yard just as the front door swung open.

Robert stormed in.

“Megan!” he shouted.

Everything inside went quiet.

The kind of quiet that continue reading …