CHAPTER 41
DAWSON
“We need flashlights,” Dawson told Lucas. “I have one in my car.”
“We should probably check the house first. What if she snuck back inside and I didn’t notice?”
“I guess.”
Dawson’s gut told him that if Vi was upset, she’d have steered clear of Mikki, but how well did he really know her? Perhaps not well enough.
In the beach house, Violet’s bedroom door was closed. Lucas knocked once, but when there was no answer, he barged in anyway and found the room empty. A few clothes hung in the closet, but most of Vi’s stuff was in the pool house. It didn’t look as if she’d intended to move back in.
“Maybe she’s downstairs?” Lucas said, although his tone suggested he didn’t believe that for a second.
Why was it so tempting to clutch at straws? “Yeah, we’d better search prope
