Chapter 33: Replay The Tape
Chapter 33
Replay the Tape
Lucia came back a moment later, tears in her eyes.
“Where did Lonny go?” I asked.
She shook her head. “I don’t know. He’s very upset.”
“What did he say?”
“That he had to get out for a while.” She headed for the family room and lay on the sofa, her head buried in the pillow, bawling.
I didn’t know whether to go to her or leave. My heart ached for this woman. As the crying grew worse, I risked going to her. I knelt on the floor and stroked her hair. “It’s going to be all right, Mrs. Hackett. I won’t let anything happen to her.” I hated saying that, but I didn’t know what else to do. I couldn’t stand to see a woman suffer like this.
She shook her head and cried harder. “Things won’t be all right. They’ll never be right again.”
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