CHAPTER 21
“You think this is a game?” Chuck punched Kimmie in the gut, his breath hot as he bellowed in her face. “You think you can come here and laugh at me in my own house?”
The anger that soared through her was as exhilarating as it was dangerous. Struggling for breath, she knew she couldn’t irritate him further. She had to placate him. For Pip’s sake.
But all she could think about was how pathetic he’d look in an orange prison jumpsuit, tired and weary, an old man who’d destroyed everyone around him and was finally reaping the benefits of his cruelty.
He slammed her against the wall and laughed as she collapsed to the floor. It wasn’t until he unlocked his cabinet in the corner that cold fear chilled her whole body. He’d threatened each of them before with his rifle, even Pip, bu
