CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
Four days later
Mackenzie was finally able to eat whatever she wanted. For the three days following her rescue of Lauren Wickline, the doctor had told her that she could only eat soft foods like soup, yogurt, and smoothies. While she was glad her neck was mostly healed (just a few bruises and a slight strain along the left side), she really didn’t care about the solid foods. She hadn’t had much of an appetite ever since slamming that two-by-four into the killer’s face.
The killer’s name was Jim Parkerson. In an almost undramatic fashion, he had admitted to the deaths of Shanda Elliot, Susan Kellerman, Trevor Simms, and Dana Moore within an hour of being arrested. He even said there were two more no one had ever discovered but refused to give their names or when he ha
