Lurch’s request that she start carrying her pistol stayed on Kerry’s mind for her entire drive into town and her apartment. Was he that concerned about these metal snakes that he felt she should be armed, just in case?
As she hit the highway, she watched for any signs that she might be being followed again but saw none. She pulled into the parking lot where more spaces were empty than full and shook her head at the irony of her just arriving as most of the other tenants were leaving for the day.
She sat in the car a moment, watching a young mother from another building carry out a baby in a car seat, an oversized diaper bag flung over one shoulder. She wondered if children were in her future. Were children something Lurch was even interested in? Would it matter to her if he wasn’t?
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