Melissa didn't pretend that she was okay the next day. She hid in her room throughout the day and ignored Mr. Eduardo's orders to come down for dinner. She didn't think she could hear being in the same room as he, a murderer. She knew she was being silly because the bald man, who she'd later learned was named Felix, had wanted to kill Mr. Eduardo first and he just paid back in kind. But that didn't cover the fact that he carried out such atrocious act in her presence.

She thought back on the gunshot and then the splatter of blood that landed across her cheek. Felix had moved...