Chapter 53

Renee was finishing up supper when Jesse got home. She jumped as she heard the door slam. She had barely turned around as Jesse came into the kitchen. He looked mad. She shrunk into herself as he headed straight for her. He put his hands on the counter, effectively trapping her in between his body and the counter. She had been here before. She’d be damned if he was going to punish her when she hadn’t done anything.

“Why were you at the library? I never told you that you could go there,” Jesse said as he pressed further into her.

“I-I went to check out books for Christian and me. You never said I couldn’t go. I just thought it would be something to do when I was at home. There’s nothing to do here but watch TV. And Christian likes to look at picture books. If nothing else, I figured I could start teaching him the basics of learning. They have books there for that,” Renee stammered.

“Is that all you did at the library?”