"Are you sure you're okay? Want me to pull over? There's a rest stop about a mile up the road."
"No, no. I'm fine. I really am." Lindsay Anastacio pressed her forehead to the passenger side window and rubbed two fingertips against closed eyes. Despite claiming otherwise, she did what she could to combat the torment swirling through her as Jim Mayer drove his 2018 Audi A3 sedan along U.S. Route 50 toward the town of Oakfall near the Nevada-Utah border. Lindsay's excitement for a daylong shopping spree was ruined by the harsh reality check she received first thing this morning at the Sulaco County Sheriff's Department.
"Hi. I'd like to apply for a sheriff's card."
Once the older, heavyset woman behind the counter realized Jim was accompanying Lindsay, darkness crossed her eyes, and her mo
