Chapter 34
Mark was frantic. The deputy kept trying to leave the room— leave the country, but Mark kept going over and over, why he’d gone inside, fallen asleep and let a slip of a girl outfox him.
Julia said, “It wasn’t his fault. I got him a cup of coffee and kept him talking so he wouldn’t fall asleep. This was my fault.”
my No, it hadn’t been. The deputy had known better.
They’d read the letter, seen her empty closet. Mark had never been so angry in his life. He almost felt like letting her go. If Annie didn’t want to be here with them—then damn it, let her get on with her ‘normal’ life.
felt He paced around the dining room table, dog at his heels.
Good luck, sister, if she thought she could have any kind of life with that maniac running around.
He stopped and put both hands on
