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Chapter 141: Jo

"We have to go," I said, the words almost lost in my voice's quiver.

She gripped my hand as she unfolded her legs from underneath her and stood. I didn't know why that surprised me, but it did, maybe because she'd waved off my touch the whole day. It reminded me that she was still a little girl.

"Does it hurt?" I asked, nodding to the blood smudging the corner of her mouth.

She knuckled it away and shook her head, but her chin trembled. I didn't know what to say as a variety of emotions warred inside me concerning her, so I didn't say anything and turned toward the bedroom door.

But the emptiness of the room slowed my steps. Mrs. Baxton was gone. Relief swelled my chest, not for me, but for her. Mrs. Baxton seemed like a shell of her former self, but even so, I was glad she hadn't been here to witness her youngest daughter morph into a killing machine. So, where was she?

"Jo!"