How did he find her? Someone in Florida must have given him her number. Or maybe he’d heard that her father had passed away and paid a visit to Arkansas, expressed his condolences to the bereaved and asked, Oh, by the way, where’s his daughter these days?
He was always good at getting people to do things for him, especially young women. And if they didn’t cooperate, he had other ways to get what he wanted.
After two years, she thought she was safe. He’d done enough damage. He was not her responsibility. She couldn’t save him, couldn’t fix him. She’d tried. She just wanted to be free of him, free of all that past. Florida had been the last straw for her. He’d cost her the job there. She was lucky to land this new job. Luckier still that she could continue to work with children.
But now h
