Chapter 183

“Damn it!” Valerie cursed, wiping at the endless stream of tears streaking down her cheeks. “Bastard!”

But no one was there to hear her. The silence pressed in, suffocating. Her legs gave out and she collapsed onto the floor, her hands trembling, her whole body shaking violently. She stared around at the wreckage: overturned chairs, shattered glass, the floor stained with streaks of red from the b