CHAPTER TWENTY SIX
Darkness closed in around Riley as she drove toward Fredericksburg. It was a clear night with stars and a bright moon. But even so, Riley felt as if it were the blackest night she’d ever known.
She clutched the steering wheel to steady herself.
Home, she kept thinking. I’ve got to get home.
But she had a weird and terrible feeling that she had no home to go back to. It seemed like everything she’d known about her life was a lie.
Her head was flooded with images and memories of her childhood.
But were any of them real?
She almost lost control of her car and veered off the road. She knew she couldn’t keep driving like this.
Besides, it suddenly occurred to her that she was hungry. She hadn’t eaten anything since early that morning, and only a roll then.
I’ve got t
