Blaming Maeve

“How did you wake up in an alley?” Victoria screeched, her voice cracking as she jabbed a finger at Preston. “Do you have any idea how humiliating this is? Preston… you—are you planning to kill your own mother with shame?”

“Mom, calm down. We don’t know what happened yet,” Clarissa tried, rubbing her mother’s back, but Victoria was far beyond calming down.

Her chest heaved as her thoughts spiraled