SONG REC: We Can't Be Friends (Wait for Your Love) — Ariana Grande.
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Stepping into the house, a wave of rage coursed through me as I spotted him: George Loughton, lounging in the living room with his wife and daughter.
How could he even think of smiling? He doesn't deserve to be happy—none of them do. An image of his face, that evil smirk illuminated by the orange flames of a fire while my family screamed for help, flashed in my mind.
I pulled myself together, fighting the urge to lunge at him. I hadn't come this far just to give him an easy death—not now.
"Elsie! Elsie!" Vanessa Loughton, her mother, spotted us first and rushed to Elspeth, wrapping her in a tight hug. Elspeth slowly extricated herself, and Vanessa turned to me with a nervous grin. "Glad to have you back! And who is this fine gentleman—"
