Chapter 59
The house was quiet with only the TV blaring.
“On the top of the hour, in national news, the g**g who shot the border guards on the Mexican-United States border has been rounded up. Only one member is still at large. Adriano Menendez was last seen . . .” Annie turned off the TV.
“Julia?”
Nothing. Maybe Julia wasn’t home? Her car was there. Maybe Paul had taken her somewhere? That sent a warm fuzzy through her. Julia and Paul. She’d like to see them together.
She looked up the stairs. She didn’t have many clothes to pack. Shouldn’t take long. But her g*n was still in the basement. She and Julia had been target practicing again, just for the fun of it.
She opened the basement door and heard a whine. Like from a dog.
“Lady?”
Those little prickles she got when danger was nea
