(TW: Some instances of domestic violence)

THEA:

*HOURS EARLIER*

The sports car idled noisily in the driveway to Richard’s house. Thea sat unmoving, unblinking, in a state of crippling trepidation. She had called this place home for years, but staring at the silhouette now, it seemed more like a prison.

She didn’t want to go inside, to face what she knew was coming; a showdown with Jessup and likely questioning from Richard. When had ...