Chapter Two
Sophie was happy to come home to a quiet house. She loved her roommate, Valerie, but she wanted to take a long shower and wash the day away. Afterward, she’d probably be hoping that Val would be home soon so she could pour her heart out to her friend, but seeing that her truck wasn’t in the driveway when she pulled her Honda Pilot into its usual space made Sophie momentarily content.
After her shower, Sophie pulled on some comfortable clothes and took her phone with her to the living room, contemplating calling her mom. Her parents lived just outside of town and she was close to both of them, even though she’d always been very independent. Her mom, Cindy, had been a daycare provider, and her dad, Leo, had worked for the railroad. Most days he’d made the drive to the neighbori
