Crime Thriller 18+

Justice or Revenge

by Steven

She asked for justice. They gave her revenge.

At twenty-three, Corinne Bellamy wants to be a court reporter. She believes that if you write everything down exactly, in the right order, the truth will stay where you put it.

Then comes a lake house in Pruitt County, Georgia, a night she can only half remember, and five men from the families that run the town. When she speaks, the system that should protect her turns her own past against her, and the case quietly disappears.

Four years on, Corinne is still keeping the record, and this time she is keeping it for herself.

What she does next is wrong, and she knows it. But what was done to her was more wrong, and no one ever answered for it. A story about what happens when every door closes, and about a question no court can answer.

Contains sexual violence (not graphic), killings and disturbing scenes. 18+.

32 sections · about 99,000 words · about 7 hours to read