CHAPTER 8: A DREAM OR A VISION

Meredith’s POV

Something warm trickles down the side of my face; it is sticky and makes my skin crawl. I touch the spot and pull my hand to find blood on my fingertips.

What? I am bleeding? But how? I feel no pain.

Slowly, I lift my gaze, and a scream leaves my lips.

Johnathan’s lifeless eyes are staring right at me. He has blood spilling out of his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. His skin is completely pale, and the veins on his neck are a bright shade of blue.

“Meredith, what have you done?”

That voice.

My blood freezes as my father’s voice fills my ears. He is standing by the doorway with horror mixed with disappointment swirling within his eyes.

“No, papa, wait. It’s not what you think!” I scream as I jump off the bed to run to him.

“You killed him,” my father says, and I shake my head in denial. My eyes sting with tears as I watch someone shive my father down to his knees.

My father-in-law, Johnathan’s father.

His face is a bright shade of red; there is so much rage in his eyes, a