We take this diary, and we take what the police already have about your father, and we go.”

Chapter 12 — The Decision

We made the plan in whispers at that kitchen table, the two of us leaning close like conspirators, which I suppose we were.

We would not confront her.

That was the first rule, and Julian was adamant about it in a way that told me more than anything else how dangerous he believed her to be.

You did not confront Victoria; you did not give her a stage and a warning; you simply got out of her reach and put the law between you and her.