Chapter 33: GIDEON

After clearing away our dishes from lunch I got in bed beside her and held her while I turned on the TV for background noise more than anything.

"Baby can I ask you something?"

"What?" She looked at me as her little hand drew patterns on my shirt. I was about to wade into murky waters here but I needed to get this shit taken care of. I’d decided to kill two birds with one stone.

Since I’ll be taking time off from work I could use the time while she was asleep to plan how to eliminate the fuckers who’d tormented her childhood. But first I needed to know who they were, if they were local or if she even knew who the fuck they were.

"Have you ever seen the doctor and the...monster anywhere else other than your house?"

"Uh uh." Her body was only a little tense so she wasn’t going to go back into her fucking head again. At least I hoped not.

"Would you recognize them, if you saw a picture?" She didn't answer for a long time and then...