Chapter 8Once Sean was a few blocks off the strip, the lights from casinos and traffic began to thin out. He was soon chugging along Interstate 215 in the Cruiser, headed southeast. The city of Henderson was farther from the school than Lisa used to live, but she said over the phone that it was just a twenty-minute drive. Maybe the new address belonged to her new guy.
His gut was twisted in knots, not just from the tight quarters of the front seat and the angst of what he’d say to Lisa, but also from the scowl of disappointment on Lumbergh’s face as Sean left him and Dusty back at the Mirage. Sean couldn’t push the image out of his mind. He worried that his brother-in-law was right—that meeting with Lisa would just open up wounds from the past at a time when he was making good progress in
