brain beginning to turn. "Send Erin? The Floyds

what? People change. We'll say she's 'filled out'. Besides, they're both your

Think about the money the Floyds promised. That trust fund! It's enough to set us up for life. Tiffy can go to

ctors said he won't last three months. Erin marr

of pure, unadulterated avarice. He could see it. The money. The easy life. And

pers weaving a net to trap a girl

Erin was finished. The last of Tiffany's things had be

he open window

tood in the middle of the scattered pile of her clothes, her face a mask of disbelief. Some of the garments had la

the fin

and screamed. It was a raw,

to kill you!" she shri

useless gestures. Realizing they were ruined, she let out another sob and began t

lly constructed artifice of the pretty, popular girl

ghboring houses were de

point, Erin calml

it re

aming face in perfect clarity. It captured her stomping an

ny's rage finally exhausted itself and she col

the video back once, a small, s

piece of

aled. They heard the commotion and went to the front window, just i

g to her mouth. Cletus just g

, and hurried out the front doo

time. He had to go face the new

if his feet were made of lead. He reached the door t

he k

o file on her phone's screen before sl

idn't open it. She leaned he

asked, her voice calm and

f nothing had happened, sent a shiv