Chapter Four
Seriously, Elizabeth, you should do it.
Her sister had always been so over the top, but at the same time, Ruby had always had her back. Now here she was in her car, the older Mazda Gabriel had bought her, driving to the job site, feeling absolutely foolish as she thought about what she was going to do.
It was dark, but the lights inside the house were blazing, and there was his pickup. Oh, she hoped no one else was there.
She took in her image in the rear-view mirror: the makeup, the smoky eyes, the lipstick, the soft waves in her long, loose dark hair. She found herself looking around at the suburban street, seeing houses, lights on, but no one around. Good! All she could think was how scandalous this was for suburbia, and she welcomed the darkness.
She tucked her keys i
