Chapter 23
Dylan stared at the walls and listened to the rain beat against the tin roof. Simone had brought him to a tack house. He’d only seen the place once before, when he walked the perimeter of the Lewises’ property with his mother, Spencer, and Nicholas. His former father-in-law had mentioned that the land it sat on belonged to one of Anna’s family members.
Dylan had no idea that Simone used to play here with Heaven when they were children. She’d dropped that bomb on him not long after they came inside. Had she not poured him a shot of the tequila she’d collected from her room, he would have left.
Three rounds later, he’d planted himself on the old leather couch with round number four in hand.
Rain pelted the window. He watched it roll down the glass in a steady stream. The drear
