CHAPTER 43: WE'RE SEPARATED

VANESSA

I wiped the tears from my cheeks before walking into the station. Before I pulled open the door I saw my reflection in the glass, my eyes red and puffy from crying. There's nothing I can really do about that now.

It took me 30 minutes of standing outside the building before I could handle coming in. I was crying all the way here, the long walk from the Austin Estate and even after that I couldn't hold it together.

I walked towards the desk and the officer behind it was looking at me as I approached."What can I do for you, Miss?"

Here goes... This is the moment of truth — Jeremy Austin is going to get what's coming to him after what he did to my family."I need to report a crime."

I wanted so badly to scream it from the rooftops, to tell everyone what he did and for him to be judged and treated badly for it. I didn't want him hurt physically -- but on the inside. I wanted him to feel pain just like I was.

An hour of interrogation later and I was starting to get angry. Reporti