Chapter 100

Xavier woke up some time later and frowned when he realized Charlotte was not beside him. He couldn’t tell what time it was, so he tried to switch his phone on, but couldn’t find it anywhere.

While he sleepily wondered where his phone was, he heard slight whimpering coming from the bathroom. Confused, he rushed in there and found Charlotte sitting on the closed toilet seat and sobbing.

“What’s wrong?” He asked, crouching down and holding her shoulders. “Did you have another nightmare?”

Charlotte wrestled out of his grasp and lifted his phone to show him. Her eyes were puffy and her face was swollen, a sign she had been crying for a while.

“The only nightmare is coming across your family!” She tried to yell, but her voice only came out as a raspy whisper. “You’re all terrible people. Every last one of you.”

When Xavier saw the recording he had made with his nephew playing under the texts he had sent to his detective, Xavier understood what was going on.

“Shit,” he cursed, angry a