Return to the Abyss

"You damn brat! I worked so hard to keep you alive, and you ran off for years. You want me to go hungry or what? Today I'm gonna beat you to death. See if you ever dare run from me again," the man screamed.

Just hearing those sounds, Cleo's gut twisted—Maura really had been snatched back to that town.

Maura's father was infamous for being violent. He'd beaten his own wife to death right in front o