It's one year after the fight of her life and Noreen Jensen has had enough of her nemesis. It's not revenge. It's justice.
Noreen Jensen risked her life a year ago to save a five-year-old from a
mother who meant her harm. The burns on her back have healed but the
pain lingers. In the year since, that little girl and her father have become
Noreen’s world. But now, the mother is back for revenge. She wants
custody of Gia and she wants Noreen out of the picture. Every day brings a
new kind of terror to Noreen’s doorstep. But she didn’t crawl through fire to
lose Gia or her father to a mad woman. She’s ready for this fight. No mercy
this time. It’s not revenge. It’s justice.
Excerpt
This week’s trip into hell was over.
Blake Matthews tightened the straps on his daughter’s car seat, her sweet face wet with tears, her tiny chin quivering, her dark eyes downcast. How much longer was the court going to torture her like this? How much longer was he going to allow it?
The title “Family Court” was laughable. The people running this show didn’t have the faintest idea what “family” meant. If they did, they wouldn’t be ripping his family apart.
He dropped a kiss on top of Gia’s head and slammed the door. He could use a drink right now. Just to take the edge off. His mouth watered contemplating it. First things first. Get the hell away from this place.
The hour visit with Gia’s mother, his ex-wife, was excruciating. Feeling Gia tremble in his arms while Lynne tried to cajole her closer, seeing those long red fingernails come through the air at them both, sensing his daughter recoil—it was too much. How had he ever loved that woman?
He jammed his foot to the gas pedal. The tires screeched his departure from the parking lot.
“We’ll be home shortly, Peanut. Noreen is waiting for us.” He needed the woman’s arms around him more than a scotch. More than Gia needed her.
No response from his little ray of sunshine. It crushed him. These visits left his baby girl morose. Him too. He practically tasted that scotch.
“It’ll be okay, sweetheart. Daddy will figure out a way to fix it.”
How, he didn’t know. He had the chance last year. He should have killed her mother then.
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