C79 ICE SEVENTY-NINE: PERSUADED.

THANE'S POV:

The evidence Vaughan uncovered was another nail in Madison’s coffin. I must’ve been insane to ever believe she could be innocent.

The house was too quiet. Curtains still drawn. Plates untouched. It smelled of stale liquor and regret. I’d become a shadow of myself, breathing, existing, but not really living.

I hadn’t eaten. Hadn’t left my room in days. The nights were worse