Louis sat still for a long time after she said it. They were on the ground beside her car, the circuit noise rolling around them. He was thinking and she knew it.
"How long?" he asked. There was a grit to his voice.
"A few weeks," Sophie said. "I've been getting messages from an unknown number. And a black SUV has been stalking me."
"What kind of messages?"
She hesitated for just a second. "The kind of message that lets me know he's always watching."
Louis turned his head to look at her. "Who knows about your past?" he asked.
"Not many people," she paused. "I've been careful."
"But someone found you."
She nodded once.
Louis was quiet for a moment. "Who are we talking about, Sophie? Give me a name."
She felt the question land on the part of her she had been protecting. She picked
