Chapter 12
Saturday
When she hadn’t seen or heard back from Benji by five o’clock, Beverly called again and left another message. And she did so again at five-thirty, but by then, she’d begun to worry – she couldn’t shake the sudden and deep gut feeling that told her something wasn’t right.
Beverly drove the short distance to Benji’s house, but as soon as she turned onto his block she knew he wasn’t home – his driveway was conspicuously empty. Following her instincts, she changed her tactics and set out for Fort Griffin.
As she made the fifty-mile drive, she used her car’s hands-free feature to try to call Benji three more times. Each was unsuccessful, and with each failed attempt her certainty that something had happened to him grew.
She was dismayed to see that Benji’s truck wasn’t
