It was fully dark when he pulled up in front of the massive house with light spilling from all its windows, as if every light inside was on. Mark parked in front beside a white pickup she knew was Gail’s and a fancy black SUV.
Mark had said not one word to her on the way over. She just gestured to the truck, and all he did as he turned off the Jeep and stepped out of the vehicle was grunt. She followed him, leaving her purse in the Jeep.
He looked inside the white pickup and shook his head. He was really moving.
“You know that’s…”
“Yeah, I know,” he said, not letting her finish, as he started to the door. She found herself reaching out and gripping his arm because she could feel the secret she’d been keeping from him and the wedge it would drive between them.
“Before you go in, I need
