Angelica felt the darkness pulling away from her and wondered what she’d been doing. She raised her hand to shield her eyes when car lights flashed across her face making her blink. The light kept moving, spotlighting a street sign before entering the midnight traffic.
“Center Street,” Angelica read the sign then looked around knowing this was one of the shadiest areas of the city. Her attention turned to a father and daughter as they stepped from a dark alley down the street and joined in with the other night owl pedestrians who were heading toward her.
Angelica tilted her head as she watched them. This wasn’t a place to bring a little girl. What was her daddy thinking?
As they got closer to her, Angelica started noticing the little girl’s hair was moving as if the wind was running its
