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Denny and Vince communicated with each other after each drive-by and check-in with the security guards in the parking lot. All was quiet. In Vince’s opinion, Worthington had caused enough damage to the Preserve and the Tanner family that any jury should have no trouble locking him up for a good long time.
Before the sun began to lighten the sky, those in the lodge stirred. Carli looked at herself in the mirror and imagined Ethan’s comments about not taking care of herself. The dark circles under her eyes, the ache in her back from not finding a comfortable position to sleep in, and her slightly cranky mood, due to being hungry and frustrated and realizing the amount of work that had to be done, would dissipate once Ethan got home. She heard murmurs from across the hall and knew Fiona
