CHAPTER 53
Spring
The Copper River Basin had broken out into spring, the season where the roads turned to slush as the snow melted, leaving acres of puddles and perfect breeding conditions for raising next summer’s batch of mosquitoes.
Kimmie was nervous. It wasn’t her first trip back to Glennallen. She’d already returned to speak several times with the prosecuting attorney assigned to her stepfather’s murder and arson trial. She was also here last Christmas, when Taylor drove her out so she could attend his work Christmas party and meet all the colleagues he’d talked so much about. But this was the first time she’d step foot in Chuck’s old trailer since the night she and Pip fled through the woods.
“You sure you want to do this?” Taylor asked, holding his arm protectively around her w
