Chapter 118: Chapter 118: Stronghold

I hadn’t slept since the moment Herman was found out to have been shot. Thankfully, he was still alive and being looked over at the hospital but that didn’t settle my nerves. Ellis was still fighting to make sense of this tragedy and I had to face my own reality.

If I never came to the Peterson household, would Herman be in this state?

“Mommy, are you coming with me?” Ken pondered.

I could only shake my head at first, busy wiping my damp cheeks. “No, Ken. You have to go with Luke. He’s going to take you to your grandparent’s house and you’ll be safe there.”

“What about you?” he blurted, his wide eyes wandering down to his car seat like he would stage an escape if I didn’t reply to his satisfaction. “Are you going to be safe here?”

“I’ve got her,” Ellis said, kissing his son on his disheveled scalp. “Mommy is safe with me, I promise, Ken. She’s going to be fine. You’re going to go with Luke and have a good time, okay?”

He nodded but didn’t look fully convinced.