Aiden wasn’t leaving her behind; they had decided on a divide-and-conquer strategy. While he flew with the sheriff and a couple of deputies to Half-Moon Cave, she would talk to his mother and try to figure out where Misty had gone.Sylvia stood beside her. In her trembling hand, she held the note that Misty had left behind.“If I’d known what she was planning,” Sylvia said, “I would have lassoed and hog-tied the girl. She told me she was going to the supermarket. Then, I found this.”Tab took the note. Written in purple ink with Misty’s flamboyant scrawl, it said: “Don’t worry. I’m going to be gone for most of today. Please, Mom, don’t worry. I love you.”“When did she leave?” Tab asked.“A couple of hours ago. She took off a little after ten o’clock. You and Aiden had just left for Billings. Why would she do this? Is it Clinton? Do you think she’s meeting up with Clinton?”“I don’t know what to think.”Tab found it hard to believe that Misty had been planning this escape earlier today.
