"He won't hurt me," Hazel repeated. "You don't have to worry about that. You can tell Abramson that too."
Eva didn't buy it. She ran a hand through her already messy hair in agitation. Hazel didn't know how else to explain her certainty without revealing the horrifying truth that she had married the son of her parents' killer.
A thought suddenly occurred to her. That day Will had come home early from work so upset…had he read the book? Did he see all of the terrible lies Abramson had to say about him? It was around the time the book had hit the New York Times bestseller list and seemed to be in every single store she passed.
It would make sense. He knew that all that talk about him wanting to kill her was nonsense as well as she did.
What had driven such a young child to try and barter with someone they knew could kill them? She hadn't been anything special back then; she was an average kid. There was absolutely no reason to try and keep her alive.
