Chapter 25
Grim awoke with Michele in his arms, their naked bodies conforming to each other curve for curve. He did not want to let her go, but he had to. It was morning already, and he hadn’t meant to stay this long. The barest hint of dawn showed through her curtains. If the neighbors saw him here Michele would be in trouble. It was time to go home.
Home, whatever that meant now.
He dressed quickly, but didn’t wake her. She looked so peaceful.
“I love you babe,” he said, and kissed her cheek before leaving her room.
The rest of the house was forbidding without her presence, so he rushed through, cracked the front door open, and froze.
Steven’s Jeep was parked across the road at the Ipstien’s, an ambulance parked idling nearby.
In the driveway, Evelyn Kirkwood’s car.
“She kil
