Chapter 22

Anna jumped on Amaris the moment that she sat down in the car, and hugged her tight. Anna backed up still holding Amaris’ shoulders, “Where have you been? Everyone has been looking for you. They had sent search parties out into the woods looking for you. They found one man dead in the river below the bridge. I am going to assume it was you that cut it?”

Amaris nodded her head. The memory of that moment too painful and fresh. The memory of the second man further up the river that she found confirming that she had indeed killed two men.

“All the other people from your gym class came running back in to the school screaming and crying and trying to find a place to hide. Once they got them calmed down and the security guard went to look out on the field the only one left alive was Mr. Clark. He had dragged himself over to try and stop Heather’s bleeding but there was nothing he could do it was too late.” Anna hung her head and wiped her cheek. She hugged Amaris fiercely again and then he