Chapter 14 - Returning To The Frozen Apartment
Luca escorted his mother and sister back to Chicago not in first-class comfort, but in the back of a secure transport van.
They were driven directly to the apartment building where the horrific crime against Wendy and their newborn had occurred.
Federal agents led them up the stairs in handcuffs, pushing them through the front doorway into the chilly hallway.
“Look around,” Luca instructed coldly, gesturing toward the unheated living room and the broken radiator valves.
“This is where you left a mother bleeding and a newborn baby shivering in the freezing winter cold,” Luca said.
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Jessi averted her eyes, unable to bear the weight of the undeniable physical evidence surrounding them on all sides.
“You wanted to see what real cruelty looked like, Mom; well, congratulations, you built it,” Luca whispered.
