Chapter 18 — Shoot His Worthless Ass

• ~ RONAN ~
• Silas takes a seat opposite me as he answers, "Aside from the fact he's like you? Not much." Then he gives a bitter laugh. "I only met the bastard once, the day he showed up at Amanda's family house to break things off with her. I was there that day because Amanda had called me earlier to talk. She was my best friend at the time, and she needed someone to lean on." He lifts his head, his eyes full of pain. "He killed her, you know? She didn't want to live without him. Even after we got married to cover up the fact that she was pregnant for him. She wasted away to nothing five years after Lyra was born."
• A warning jingles in my head. "Wasted away?"