“I’ll see you at home in a couple hours,” she said.
After she left his room, she wondered what he would think when he found out what she’d been up to this morning and afternoon. Would he be angry with her for deceiving him or relieved that the charges against him would be dropped? Both? Guilt gripped her with icy fingers, but her deception was necessary, and she knew Nick well enough to be certain he’d get over it in time.
June was waiting outside her room when Beth reached their floor. “Ready?” she asked.
Beth nodded. “As I’ll ever be.”
They took separate vehicles because Beth figured she’d want to head straight home to Northstar when this was over. She parked beside June in the small lot around the side of the courthouse where the police station was located and climbed out of her car
