She knew what was coming. She’d lived it only twenty-six hours earlier, but somehow watching it on the screen was like experiencing it for the first time. She watched herself walk down the sidewalk to the bus stop, and for a moment she admired the confident stride. She wanted to warn the girl on the screen to keep walking, not to come back to the house, to the ambush that was awaiting her. As the report continued, Maddy finally got her chance to hear what Alex Sanchez had said while filming outside her front door. “Quick wit saved the girl.” Maddy liked the sound of that. Everything seemed to be working out fine—until the footage of the security recording from that nosy neighbor’s house played on screen. Miss Larson didn’t tell me they would show that! “Uh-oh.” Lily placed a hand over her mouth. Her eyes were wide with disbelief. Her mom had been the last person Maddy had wanted to share this with, but that was before the interview.
