61 Seeking help
As Aaron stood there, face-to-face with the man who’d turned his life into a nightmare ten years ago, his body trembled and his heart sank. Images of the years past came flooding back, pouring out on him like a torrent that threatened to wash him away.
He could see—and almost taste—the blood, he could feel the strong arms of the man who’d held him pinned down while making sure that he forced him to watch the scene unfold. It was brutal, gory and heart-wrenching. And he’d been through it all.
However, that didn’t compare to the knowledge that Gracie had been behind it all. It couldn’t compare to him finding out—in the harshest of ways—that the woman he’d held as a mother figure, adored and believed cared for him was actually a monster who architected the end of his life.
How could Gracie do such a thing? How could she manipulate him into hating someone else, bending him to her whims? How had he been so foolish?