I was in complete shock. Looking at it. At her.
Prudence had a facial expression filled with guilt and now I knew the truth I could see it. The creature was exactly how Ian had described, except with wavy ginger hair and a sadness in its beady eyes.
This abomination was Lyla. This was how Prudence had bought her back, and this was the only way I would ever see Jamie again, a risk I wasn’t going to take. After days of disbelief the reality finally hit me like a ton of bricks. Jamie was dead and he wasn’t coming back.
“Why did you do this?” I asked, my voice shaking with horror.
Prudence scowled at me, trying to mask her shame.
“I didn’t want this. If you think this was my aim then you’re sicker than I am. I just wanted my granddaughter back.
When she died a part of me died. My son bla
