I shook my head and remained quiet, looking at the last of the weak sunlight as it disappeared in the trees as we drove up the coast towards home. Stacy held me a little closer as I had retreated to the backseat with her after the exam. "Or maybe we can order in?" he suggested, glancing back at me worriedly every chance he could. "Whatever you want. I'm not that hungry," I replied numbly. "You have to eat, Katie. We can order Chinese. Maybe watch a movie?" he said and tried to smile. I finally looked up at him and watched his forced smile slip in the rearview mirror. He was looking at me with that uncomfortable grimace again. "You don't believe it, do you?" I whispered, looking him in the eye. He frowned and he returned his gaze to the highway. He hadn't spoken about what Deputy Stevens had told him since I had come out of the exam room two hours later. I had heard the heated discussion between them about arrest warrants and bad press going public. I heard her suggest he wasn't trying very hard to bring his little girl's assailant in fast enough.
