Adele had not been caught defenseless in that bed.

She had been sitting inside a trap of her own, waiting, holding her son, letting her parents believe they were the ones who had chosen the ground.

They thought they had cornered her.

In fact, they had kept an appointment she’d set for them without their knowledge.

Chapter 7 — A Documented Crime Scene

Leopold tried to recover the way he always recovered — by getting louder and more official.