His eyes shifted downward to her stomach.
“Easy now…” he said putting up his hands.
“Call the police,” she ordered.
The man grinned then, flashing his yellow teeth, as a sense of recognition seemed to hit and his whole face lit up. “Say. You’re that lady, ain’t ‘cha… There’s a woman in town looking for ya. I told her I seen that woman who lives out this way a lot lately, and she kinda looks like that photo they been showing ‘round, though, she shorter than you is—I told her I was gone check it out…”
that“I said call the police,” Addison repeated, her voice barely audible. She thrust the knife into the air once more. The glaring sun overhead reflected against the metal and it was too much for her eyes. She squinted. The truck and its engine were so loud, and nothing made sense.
She cov
