Chapter 63
Tim helped carry Lainie’s body back up the hill and lay it across the back seat of Mick’s Landcruiser, while Bane kept up a monologue of whispers in Lainie’s ear. He couldn’t watch anymore. Bane still had not stopped touching her, even for a second. If he wasn’t holding her face, he was stroking her hand, or laying his head on her lifeless heart. It was a grieving process that Tim found hard to stomach. As his friend, he was going to have to confront him with the hard truth. Lainie was gone.
Lily came out to meet them, cradling her phone between her ear and her shoulder while carrying an armload of towels so they could dry off a bit. Hanging up, she handed Tim a towel, draped another one over Bane’s shoulders and then turned to the police officer beside him.
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