"Hey Faith! I grabbed the mail."
"Did I get anything?"
I looked up from the couch to where Adam stood in the doorway.
"Yeah, you got something fancy from your mom."
I smiled and jumped up, trying not to trip over my own two feet as I retrieved my mail from my best friend.
He chuckled as he watched me tear open the oddly elegant envelope and read the small card stuffed inside it.
"She's getting married."
I looked at Adam who seemed to be as shocked as I was.
"To who?? She wasn't with anyone when we last visited."
I nodded. "Some Samuel guy."
"Damn... She moves fast."
I shot him a glare as I read the date.
"It's during Spring Break."
He frowned.
"Adam we should go. It's my mom's wedding. Also, it has both of our names on it."
"I don't know, Faith. I'm not sure if I'm ready to go back there so soon."
"It's been a year since we last visited. Besides. you're like her son."
I gave him my pout.
"Don't. Do not do that."
"Pwease..." I drug out the word until he finally sighed.
"Fine. We'll go."
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!!" I jumped up and down before kissing his cheek, probably pissing off the neighbors below us.
"We could go visit your house too. The anniversary is a few days before the wedding."
He looked at me a long moment.
"I don't know. Maybe."
He turned away and walked toward the kitchen. I knew that signified the end of the conversation.
I frowned and followed him.
When I approached the kitchen, he was filling a glass with tap water. I watched as he downed it and leaned against the counter, eyes closed.
I went to him and hugged him from behind.
"I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize. It's fine."
I stayed silent as i hugged my best friend, hoping it provided some sort of comfort.
Gwen, desperate to feel something, kills someone. But she quickly learns that one kill is never enough. Can Gwen stop before she turns on her own family?
**INCLUDES BONUS BOOK - A CHILD CALLED WENDY**
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It was just an experiment. Simply kill one person to see what it felt like. See beauty in the moment of death. See if it filled the void within her. It didn't. Nor did it the next time. Or the next. Gwen is an ordinary person. Wife to Amanda. Mother to Grace and Alexandra. Suddenly, she is no longer ordinary as she finds herself battling her urges and demons before she hurts those closest to her. But is it already too late?
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