my uncle Monty said in faux surprise when I answered his FaceTime call. I had just gotten out of the shower after taking Sport for his morning walk. Sebby was waiting for me on the same park bench, my coffee in hand, just as I had expected. We sat and talked for longer than usual, no longer playi...
He hated reliving that day in his dreams. He wondered if, had they been just a little quicker, maybe the accident never would have happened. Getting out of bed, Olivia consumed his thoughts. His Olivia. He thought about the girl he knew all those years ago. And the girl he had met the previous we...
He had never been on this side of things before. Normally, he was the one telling the victim’s next of kin that they had found a body and would need them to positively identify it so that the department could move on with the case. He always offered a kind and sympathetic word, sometimes a friend...
The drive to the closest airport in Sudan was nearly fifteen hours, then a thirty-hour series of flights back to the States. It was torture. Every minute that passed was another minute Mackenzie believed I was avoiding her. After clearing customs, I debated continuing on down to Texas, but I was ...