CHAPTER 17
Powell leaned in close and stared at Tana. No man had ever looked at her the way he did. Not Justin, not her father, not anyone. She felt as if he was looking straight through her. And she knew in her heart that you could never lie to a man like Bud Powell. But lying was the last thing Tana wanted to do. What she wanted more than anything was for Powell to believe her. And yet she feared he never would.
“You saw it? What the f**k do you mean, you saw it?”
The sounds of the bowling alley seemed to fade away. The bar crowd disappeared. There was just the two of them sitting across from each other. And Powell was staring holes in her. No way out, Tana thought. She had backed herself into a corner of her own making, and now she would have to explain herself. But did she really ex
