CHAPTER 15Jennifer released my arm abruptly. She was looking down the street, and her eyes had shuttered as instantly as if some one had closed the blinds of a tragic room.
I glanced around. Her brother Colleton and Doctor John were coming toward us. Jennifer opened the door of her car and got in, and then, as if she might as well face it, put the key in the ignition and waited. Colleton nodded to me and leaned forward.
“Look, Jennifer,” he said brusquely. “Why don’t you get Mrs. Baker to go out and stay with you tonight? You look all in.”
“I’ll be glad to,” I said.
“Colleton’s right, Jennifer,” Doctor John put in.
A flicker of alarm shot through the girl’s eyes. I knew she didn’t want me out there. They hadn’t any right forcing her to seem rude and ungracious.
“Why don’t you drive m
