Chapter 70:

Casey's POV

I watched Eric process what I'd just told him. The shock on his face was almost physical like someone had hit him and he was still trying to figure out which way the blow had come from.

His eyes were unfocused, staring somewhere past my shoulder, his mouth slightly open.

I understood I'd felt the same way when it all clicked into place for me. When I realized that the woman who smiled and played the concerned caretaker was actually a monster wearing a human mask.

So I waited and I gave him the time I hadn't gotten for myself.

The seconds stretched, the room was...