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They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Driving home
Driving home, Josie kept replaying the scene in the park in her head. What the hell painting was Denise talking about? Had Luke really made plans to see her again? Was he still harboring feelings for her? Josie dialed his number but it went right to voicemail. “It’s me,” she said tersely. “I’m on my […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: a red scarf
The next morning Josie set out for Greensburg. GPS took her right to the park that Denise Poole had specified and Josie parked across the street, stretching her arms over her head before getting out of the car. She walked slowly toward the park, glancing furtively at the text Luke had sent earlier. “She said […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: Luke
Luke left for work while Josie was still asleep but he had, at least, left some coffee on for her. Leaning against her kitchen counter, sipping it slowly, she noticed that all of the chairs had been pushed beneath the kitchen table. That the stack of mail she’d been riffling through yesterday had been piled […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: the flowers
At home, she kicked off her shoes in her foyer, reveling in the feeling of her feet being free after so many hours in the car. Her leg still ached and throbbed, and her lower back was stiff from the long drive. As promised, on her kitchen table was a large manila envelope containing the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: house
Josie’s mind worked through the facts as she drove away from Ginger Blackwell’s house. So Ginger had been drugged. Josie had taken enough statements from girls at the college in Denton who’d been roofied to know that Ginger Blackwell’s abductors had used date rape drugs: Rohypnol, GHB, ketamine. It could have been any one of […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: lost
She lost track of how much time had passed. Her terror was a never- ending cycle of darkness and deprivation. When her stomach clenched from hunger, she couldn’t tell if it had been hours or days since she had last eaten. Whether her eyes were open or closed, she saw nothing. Every inch of her […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY: the memory
“My memory of that time is so… disjointed,” Ginger said. “It’s hard to tell what was real and what was just a nightmare. Sometimes I can see why it was so easy for the police to say it was all a hoax.” They sat in Ginger’s well-lit living room. The furniture was rustic: stained cedar […] More
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CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: Blackwells
The Blackwells had changed their name and moved to Phillipsburg, New Jersey. That was why Josie had been unable to locate them. Luckily for her, when Trinity covered Ginger’s case she had promised Mr. Blackwell to continue trying to uncover evidence that Ginger’s case was not a hoax, in exchange for knowing where they were […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Driving home
Driving home, Josie kept replaying the scene in the park in her head. What the hell painting was Denise talking about? Had Luke really made plans to see her again? Was he still harboring feelings for her? Josie dialed his number but it went right to voicemail. “It’s me,” she said tersely. “I’m on my […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Driving home
Driving home, Josie kept replaying the scene in the park in her head. What the hell painting was Denise talking about? Had Luke really made plans to see her again? Was he still harboring feelings for her? Josie dialed his number but it went right to voicemail. “It’s me,” she said tersely. “I’m on my […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Driving home
Driving home, Josie kept replaying the scene in the park in her head. What the hell painting was Denise talking about? Had Luke really made plans to see her again? Was he still harboring feelings for her? Josie dialed his number but it went right to voicemail. “It’s me,” she said tersely. “I’m on my […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Driving home
Driving home, Josie kept replaying the scene in the park in her head. What the hell painting was Denise talking about? Had Luke really made plans to see her again? Was he still harboring feelings for her? Josie dialed his number but it went right to voicemail. “It’s me,” she said tersely. “I’m on my […] More
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They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Driving home
Driving home, Josie kept replaying the scene in the park in her head. What the hell painting was Denise talking about? Had Luke really made plans to see her again? Was he still harboring feelings for her? Josie dialed his number but it went right to voicemail. “It’s me,” she said tersely. “I’m on my […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Driving home
Driving home, Josie kept replaying the scene in the park in her head. What the hell painting was Denise talking about? Had Luke really made plans to see her again? Was he still harboring feelings for her? Josie dialed his number but it went right to voicemail. “It’s me,” she said tersely. “I’m on my […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: a red scarf
The next morning Josie set out for Greensburg. GPS took her right to the park that Denise Poole had specified and Josie parked across the street, stretching her arms over her head before getting out of the car. She walked slowly toward the park, glancing furtively at the text Luke had sent earlier. “She said […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: Luke
Luke left for work while Josie was still asleep but he had, at least, left some coffee on for her. Leaning against her kitchen counter, sipping it slowly, she noticed that all of the chairs had been pushed beneath the kitchen table. That the stack of mail she’d been riffling through yesterday had been piled […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Driving home
Driving home, Josie kept replaying the scene in the park in her head. What the hell painting was Denise talking about? Had Luke really made plans to see her again? Was he still harboring feelings for her? Josie dialed his number but it went right to voicemail. “It’s me,” she said tersely. “I’m on my […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: a red scarf
The next morning Josie set out for Greensburg. GPS took her right to the park that Denise Poole had specified and Josie parked across the street, stretching her arms over her head before getting out of the car. She walked slowly toward the park, glancing furtively at the text Luke had sent earlier. “She said […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: Luke
Luke left for work while Josie was still asleep but he had, at least, left some coffee on for her. Leaning against her kitchen counter, sipping it slowly, she noticed that all of the chairs had been pushed beneath the kitchen table. That the stack of mail she’d been riffling through yesterday had been piled […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: the flowers
At home, she kicked off her shoes in her foyer, reveling in the feeling of her feet being free after so many hours in the car. Her leg still ached and throbbed, and her lower back was stiff from the long drive. As promised, on her kitchen table was a large manila envelope containing the […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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CHAPTER FORTY: ten minutes
They got to see him for ten minutes each, but no more, and that was about all Josie could take. Luke’s large frame was dwarfed by the sheer amount of machinery needed to keep him alive. Tubes and wires seemed to extend from every part of him, IVs snaking from both arms, his hands and […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Carrieann Creighton
Carrieann Creighton was one of the sturdiest women Josie had ever met: six feet tall and muscular in all the places most women were soft and curvy. She looked like a female version of Luke. They weren’t twins. Carrieann was five years older than him and lived three hours away in a county so rural […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: nearly dark
It was nearly dark when she got home. She went straight upstairs without turning on any lights and thought about her water bill as she poured herself a hot bath. The accident at the Stop and Go seemed like it had happened years ago, but it had been less than a week and all the […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Trinity Payne
Her next call was to Trinity Payne, who picked up on the third ring with the words, “Did you talk to Ginger Blackwell?” Josie could hardly get the words out. “You fucking bitch. How could you?” she spat. Silence. Which meant she knew she was in the wrong. Squeezing her cell phone so hard her […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Driving home
Driving home, Josie kept replaying the scene in the park in her head. What the hell painting was Denise talking about? Had Luke really made plans to see her again? Was he still harboring feelings for her? Josie dialed his number but it went right to voicemail. “It’s me,” she said tersely. “I’m on my […] More
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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: a red scarf
The next morning Josie set out for Greensburg. GPS took her right to the park that Denise Poole had specified and Josie parked across the street, stretching her arms over her head before getting out of the car. She walked slowly toward the park, glancing furtively at the text Luke had sent earlier. “She said […] More