Chapter 42
11:17 p.m.
Fairfax County, Virginia - Suburbs of Washington, DC
“Hi, this is Becca. I can’t answer your call right now. Please leave a message after the tone, and I’ll call you back as soon as I can.”
Luke hung up. There was no sense leaving a message.
He had moved downstairs. The house had a finished half-basement. It opened to a walkout at the bottom of the little hill, between his house and the neighbor’s house. That door was a vulnerable spot, and at first, this was the reason Luke went to it. Luke crouched at the door, in near pitch-darkness, staring at his neighbor’s house. That house gave him an idea.
The question was: Did he dare act on it?
Throughout his career, he had done everything in his power to shield Becca and Gunner from the realities of his work. Becca k
