Since the next morning started out calmly, Guy suggested we take the day off and chill. At breakfast I called Felicity and asked her if she wanted to come with us to the mountains where Guy said he had a rustic cabin.
She opted to stay in and sleep and answer any calls the mall or the sheriff’s office might have. She sounded beat, so I told her I’d take my cell phone with me and she could call me if anything important came up. I figured everything was pretty much in motion, and we wouldn’t be needed until the mall had our temporary place set up.
We took Guy’s truck, which was a collection of grinding gears and no shocks.
“Gramp’s beater,” he told me. “We had some good times in her.”
We’d packed overnight bags with a change of clothes and necessities so we could spend the night and driv
