Chapter Seven
“I don’t understand why we had to leave,” Billy Jo said.
Something had been off with the detective since his short one-on-one with the chief. She knew well when someone was getting slapped down, and the chief hadn’t exactly seemed happy about their arrival.
“You heard the chief when he said we wouldn’t be staying for dinner and the auction,” Mark said. “I guess I just didn’t expect you to go along with it so easily. Besides, wasn’t the idea just to show up and let Carly know you’re not going away? Pretty sure you accomplished that, so pushing it would’ve been overkill.”
She could feel everything, riding in his Jeep. The roads were far from perfect, but at least he’d thrown out the takeout packaging that was usually at her feet on the floor of the passenger side. She was s
