Part 3

The ambulance crew carried Leo outside while another paramedic helped Sophia onto a stretcher. I kissed her forehead. “I’m coming to the hospital.”

Naomi touched my arm. “Finish this first. Make sure they can never reach her again.”

Eleanor heard, and laughed bitterly. “You’re choosing that woman over your own mother?”

“I’m choosing my wife over her abuser.”

Detective Harris ordered Eleanor and Audrey to turn around. Audrey started screaming when the handcuffs closed. “You can’t arrest me! I live here!”

“Not anymore,” Naomi said.