CHAPTER ONE
Right around the time Tim was reading the short note she had left for him, Sarah was frowning as she fiddled with the radio, searching for a new station to keep her company on the drive. She’d spent a restless night in a Motel 6 just south of Lubbock, Texas, passing part of the time in her room setting up a new email account before falling into a fitful sleep. By nine-thirty a.m. she’d left the motel and was walking into a Verizon Wireless store to get a new cell phone with a new number.
He probably won’t even bother to try to find me, she had sighed to herself. Still, better safe than sorry.
Now, she was back in the car and heading east, her fingers idly drumming in tempo with the random pop song playing in the background.
She glanced at the clock display on her dash. Almo
