Alice’s POV
“Be a good girl and come over here,” Olivia said.
“Don’t,” Aunt Kathy said, but she winced as Olivia pressed the barrel of the gun more prominently to her temple.
“Come over here, Alice,” Olivia said, “Or I will kill your aunt.”
“Don’t listen to her, honey. I’m an old woman. I’ve lived a good life. You run and hide, okay? Don’t go anywhere with this woman.”
“Shut up!” Olivia snapped. “Do you want to get shot?”
Aunt Kathy was brave, but I wasn’t. I didn’t want to see the woman who had been so kind to me these past few weeks be hurt right in front of me.
Olivia was really mean, and she’d hurt us before. I knew if she put her mind to it, she wouldn’t think twice about hurting Aunt Kathy or me.
But, if the choice came between the two of us, I knew I was more likely to survi
