Chapter 56: A Long Night
Chapter 56
A Long Night
I knew it was going to be a long night when I offered to stay at Tip’s house, but there was nothing else to do; the man was a mess. I’d never seen anyone who cared so much about their dogs. That said something about him. Something I liked. I realized that my gut instincts had been right; he was a big softie under all his bullshit.
I pulled into the spot where he normally parked. On the way to the house, he bent down to pick up the groceries laying on the sidewalk. “I’ll get that later, Tip. Let’s go inside.”
He avoided looking at Kelly and Kassie, still where they were when he found them. I put water on for coffee as Tip sat at the kitchen table.
“Got to get them buried,” he said.
“As soon as we have coffee, okay.” I looked at myself,
