24
SAVANNA
It was closing time at the bakery and everything was shiny and sparkly for the next day.
I walked to the back, while my auntie chopped chocolate at the center island. A shiver of unease ran through me, remembering it was the same task I was performing when Mathew showed up and tried to choke the life out of me.
Seeing Teresa standing in nearly the same spot, doing the same thing I did that night made me tremble. I shook my hands and told myself it was a totally different knife.
“Okay, if I lock the front door and leave?” I asked her. “Kate called and wants to go shopping for baby clothes.”
“I thought Pete was driving you home from work. What should I tell him?”
“There’s no sign of him yet. I just sent him a text letting him know I’m getting a ride home with Kate.”
I walk
