[SAMANTHA’S Point of View]
His warning was not to get out of the house no matter what.
I watched Devon and Diana outside through the open window as they played on that small playground their father had prepared for them. They looked beaming and innocent, and it wrenched my heart because I couldn’t tell them that their grandmother had already passed away. I couldn’t tell them she died outside the gates.
My heart shattered at the thought that Lena died while thinking about all of us—about Dominic, Devon, and Diana. About the last time, I screamed at her for keeping secrets from me about my mom and all the twisted things she did just to save me from the people who wanted me dead.
I still had no idea why Lena was so terrified of the truth. I didn't understand why she decided not to speak o
