Lily

The happiest moment of my life was when Connor proposed to me.

The second was when he burst through that door.

And the third was seeing the look of surprise on Miranda’s face when she realized what I had done to her.

While Connor kept her talking, I picked the lock and undid the handcuffs from my right wrist. (Bobby pins to the rescue!) Then I grabbed Miranda’s arm and slapped the cuffs on her.

Anytime I’m ever depressed about anything from now on for the rest of my life, I’m just going to remember the look of surprise on that murderous bitch’s face, and everything will be better. Instant anti-depressant.

Miranda yanked her arm up with a clank! of the chain, but she was locked to the metal armrest of the chair – which was bolted to the floor.

She screamed in fury, and pulled the gun’s trigger.

BLAM!

But I’d purposefully bumped her aim away from Connor – so all that happened was one of the creepy glass spider cases shattered into tiny shards.

The gunshot hurt my ears, but I’d been expe