Chapter 26Jeremy's legs nearly gave out. He leaned forward, reached for the counter for balance. Erica Murray was on the phone with 9-1-1. Allegedly, Greta had told her mother that the two of them were spending the day together.
“She's eighteen.” Erica squeezed her husband, Abe's, arm as if tapping into his energy for strength and maybe courage. “No, she's not on any medication. No. No diagnosed mental health issues.”
Erica made accusatory eye contact with him while answering the questions asked.
Greta's mother made Jeremy feel apprehensive, though. He felt jittery and he breathed quick, shallow breaths.
“No. She has not done this kind of thing before.” Thankfully, Erica went back to feeding information to the 9-1-1 telecommunicator. Her face reddened and through clenched teeth she sai
