CHAPTER EIGHTEEN "Pit, how did the murderer know they were all out of town?" Taj asked. Shaking his head, Rene replied, "I don't know. What bothers me even more is that the asshole knows where we are." Jude's exuberant scream of, "Mom!" Had Rene looking in the man's direction. Jude, Bren, and Rylee all rushed towards a pleasantly plump woman with shoulder length brown hair. She seemed familiar to Rene somehow, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why. Quickening her step to the three men running towards her, Ms. Riddle met them with her arms open wide and a large smile. Rene found it interesting that Stephanie seemed to stay back. Rene, Casper, and Taj stayed where they were as the four all started talking at once. The love for their mother was not just visible, it was tangible as

