Chapter 19
Everyone stared — Ruth’s mouth ajar, Paul’s brow deeply furrowed, Daddy’s eyes like slits — as if trying to determine if I’d lost my mind. “We need to find Emily and Dante,” I blurted at last. “Virginia’s come unglued. LouElla thinks she’s on her way here to kill Emily!”
“That’s crazy!” Paul said.
“Maybe so, but there’s usually an element of truth in what LouElla says.” I smiled grimly, thinking about my father. My eyes locked with Paul’s. “Can we afford to take that chance?”
Ruth grabbed my hand and jerked me back into my chair. “But where do we look?”
Paul’s chair screeched against the floor as he scooted closer to me. “Hannah, can you remember where the kids were going?”
“I didn’t ask! Oh, God, I didn’t ask.” Panic seized me. Where did they go? Oh, Lord, where did they
