Chapter 20
The next morning, after little sleep in an ungodly chair, Cassie was still exhausted and strung out. The morning became a blur of police questions, and learning that her drink from the bar had indeed been drugged just as John suspected. There had been no sign of Marcus at or around the bar last night, and the bartender stuck to his story that he knew nothing about where Marcus was, or what Marcus had been planning.
Kelly finally came around. Cassie’s heart dropped out of her chest as her sister struggled to sit up and then make eye contact with Cassie. Kelly’s eyes filled with tears. She winced in pain when the salty tears touched her swollen, bruised eyelids.
She attempted a smile, and her shoulders jerked at the pain from her cracked lip. Her smile was a mere lifting of one
