Chapter 14
Processing Leo took a little under forever. The sheriff asked me to stay and sign a statement about Leo threatening us with a gun. In the meantime, both John and Ricky had been taken to the clinic and examined by the doctor, then released. John’s wound amounted to a cut that needed to be bandaged, and he’d been cautioned to have someone stay with him to check for signs of concussion. To no one’s surprise, he volunteered me.
We were exhausted and bundled up against the cold as I picked him and Ricky up at the clinic to drive them back to Blue Cottage. As we drove up, we saw the house had been sitting empty with the front door unlocked and a little ajar the whole time we’d been gone. I felt like a fool when I realized I hadn’t even checked the doors after I’d gone across the str
