Chapter Twenty Eight
Watching the earth roll by below was torturous to Riley. The plane seemed to be moving at a mere crawl. The slowness was only an illusion, she knew. But she also knew that a lot could happen during the four and a half hours she was going to be airborne.
Terrible things, she thought. And again, she remembered Marie’s hanging body.
But she drove the horrible image from her head. No, nothing like that was going to happen this time. Mike had called Riley back and told her that he’d found out where to pick up April and was on his way there. And before takeoff, Riley had managed to get through to her daughter, who still sounded terrified but promised her that she’d be all right.
Riley was anxious about other things as well. She kept remembering Morley’s anger and what he
