VALERIE
For one moment, I could not believe my ears. Rose? No, it was impossible.
“Caleb, there’s some misunderstanding” I urged. “I know Rose. I have known her all this time and she cannot do this to me. She would not even harm a fly!”
Hunter interrupted, shaking his head. “You do not know the people as well as we do, Valerie. There’s nothing people would not do if they are motivated well enough.” He, then, turned to his brother, “I need your permission to take action against her.”
“Wait, wait, Hunter!” I looked between the brothers, desperate for a pause as I tried to stand up. “What do you mean ‘take action against her’?”
Caleb was prompt to reply. “She will be punished accordingly,” he said, his voice harsh and demanding. And then to went ahead to address his brother, “Do what you
