Chapter 21
IT WAS 7:10 PM when Rory walked out of the Actor's Backstage Company in Alexandria, DC, carrying two large bags. As the door was locked for the night behind him, he headed straight across the parking lot to the black SUV and he got in. As soon as he closed the driver side door, Holly straightened up in her seat. She glanced nervously around at the nearly empty parking lot as she rubbed her neck and stretched her back muscles. On the drive back through Washington, she'd had to remain turned away from the windows and slumped over in case someone recognized her. And there was no doubt the tension of the entire situation added extra to the muscle soreness she was now experiencing. Then she stretched her right arm and winced. She was so tired she had forgotten the injury. Rory had p
