For years, Brady had been grieving Everleigh. The pain Rachel was about to feel was nothing compared to the emptiness he carried. It was nothing compared to what Everleigh went through before she died.

Brady needed Rachel to suffer. It was the least she could pay for all the pain she had caused him. Keeping his expression calm, he looked at Hughes and asked, “Is there any medicine that can keep her awake in her final moments? I want to say goodbye to my wife properly.”

Hughes’s hand shook slightly as he pulled out the drug that would do just that. Even though he had taken Brady’s bribe, he still...