I hadn’t slept since the moment Herman was found out to have been shot. Thankfully, he was still alive and being looked over at the hospital but that didn’t settle my nerves. Ellis was still fighting to make sense of this tragedy and I had to face my own reality.

If I never came to the Peterson household, would Herman be in this state?

“Mommy, are you coming with me?” Ken pondered.

I could only shake my head at first, busy wiping my damp cheeks. “No, Ken. You ...