I considered texting April with the update but realized it wouldn't be fair to Raelynn if she were uninvolved and innocent. I needed to read Hope's email, and if the documents provided any evidence of Raelynn's wrong-doing, I'd turn over the materials to the sheriff's office. I returned to the waiting room, pondering everything Bartleby had just revealed. Prudence had a sister in an institution for years, but no one had known about her. Except Hiram Grey. I needed to talk to the judge to disentangle what was going on with this convoluted puzzle, but he was still being checked out by the ER doctors. “Will you ever wake up, Hiram? How serious are your injuries?” I lifted my head to find Connor standing in front of me. “Hey, when did you get here?”
“Do you always talk to yourself out loud, K
