Chapter 1
“Cassie, look at me?” Julia Cortez grabbed Cassie Murphy by the hair, yanking her off the ground and forcing her to meet her
gare.
Cassie was like a hollow shell of her former self-skin and bones dressed in nothing but a torn, filthy hospital gown even in the dead of winter. She was so out of it that Julia’s actions didn’t even seem to register with her.
Julia was clearly unsatisfied. After all these six long years, she had finally reduced Cassie to a helpless, broken mess. And she was just eating it up, craving the sight of Cassie’s face all twisted up in despair.
“Don’t you want to see your grandpa before going to hell?” Julia asked with a malicious smile.
The mention of her grandpa seemed to spark some emotion in Cassie’s eyes.
