When Nancy looked up, there were tears in her eyes. Crystal knew Nancy was reluctant to walk away from Paul. If she did, it would most likely mean walking away from her son as well. She wanted to take Clark and run, but her ex-husband was a badass, and it was unlikely that he would let the boy go without a fight.

“I don’t have a plan,” Nancy admitted. “Just let me get dressed. We can talk about this more later.” She wanted to change her clothes, but she hadn’t brought anything with ...