Chapter Twenty
I went with Lance to retrieve our things from the suite at the Enchantment Resort, mostly because I knew if I had to sit around while Kara and Persephone called the ambulance for Michael, I’d go crazy. Martin had melted away, saying he would come to see me once things had settled down a bit. His leaving hurt and worried me, but I knew he had his own losses to deal with. I had to trust that this time, his absence would be temporary. At least I knew it wasn’t coerced.
It didn’t take long to gather the meager items we’d left behind in the suite. I picked up Michael’s Bible from the table and opened it at the little red ribbon he’d used to mark his place. “I will lift up mine eyes to the hills, from whence cometh my help,” I read. Then I looked over at Lance. “I didn’t think M
