She didn’t know why Corelli had given up on the protective custody idea, but thank God he had. With no energy left to argue, she wanted nothing more than to be alone when meltdown occurred. Any time now reaction would set in and she had every intention of having a good, long cry. Alone. &nb...
Carmen asked Maya later that afternoon. She came in and threw herself on Maya’s bed, flat on her back and spread-eagled. “Aren’t you going to the movie with Aunt Amy and me?” “No, I’m going to dinner.” Having changed three times, Maya contemplated a fourth. “Do you like this one, or this one?” sh...
Didn’t they ever make it fresh? “Here,” she said to Devlin, thumbing through the stack of police reports and slapping a pile down in front of him. “These are some of the ones I was reading when I started feeling ill.” She’d made sure to give him the file that held the police error. It would be be...
Checking caller ID, he saw that it was Faith and frowned. She never called him when he was working. Never. She was supposed to be shopping. Maybe she’d had car trouble. He walked out of the business office and into the hallway of the dental clinic and flipped open his phone.“Faith, what is it?”“I...