Tess picks up a set of safety glasses off the worktop and puts them on Ellie's face. Might as well remove all risk of blinding Joel's daughter, too. She looks at the bucket of lye and pulls on her rubber gloves.
No going back once they start.
And then she freezes when she hears the sound of the front door opening, and the heavy footfall of boots on the downstairs hallway floor.
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Tess picks up a set of safety glasses off the worktop and puts them on Ellie's face. Might as well remove all risk of blinding Joel's daughter, too. She looks at the bucket of lye and pulls on her rubber gloves.
No going back once they start.
And then she freezes when she hears the sound of the front door opening, and the heavy footfall of boots on the downstairs hallway floor.