Sarah then zippered the bag and hoisted it over her shoulder, and away she and Mrs. Atkins went. Leaving a note for Melanie on the kitchen table, pinned down by a salt shaker.
In the meantime, if Ryan happened to come home; and there was a little flutter under her breast bone at the thought; he would know where to find them, as well.
Sarah's apartment was only a couple of miles from 102, Massachusetts Avenue as the crow flies, but it is a whole other world. East Kansas City, Missouri is one of those transitional areas of historic homes that have done a whole lot of changing over the past fifteen years, but still has ways to go. And it is comprised of several different neighborhoods that are not all at the same level of upscaling. In the area where Sarah lived, on the corner of Fifth an
