Chapter 4: When the Trouble started

I was in complete shock. Looking at it. At her.

Prudence had a facial expression filled with guilt and now I knew the truth I could see it. The creature was exactly how Ian had described, except with wavy ginger hair and a sadness in its beady eyes.

This abomination was Lyla. This was how Prudence had bought her back, and this was the only way I would ever see Jamie again, a risk I wasn’t going to take. After days of disbelief the reality finally hit me like a ton of bricks. Jamie was dead and he wasn’t coming back.

“Why did you do this?” I asked, my voice shaking with horror.

Prudence scowled at me, trying to mask her shame.

“I didn’t want this. If you think this was my aim then you’re sicker than I am. I just wanted my granddaughter back.

When she died a part of me died. My son blamed me, his wife blamed me and although he never said it, I could see in Bernie’s eyes that he did too.