Cory and Bianca drove back to the newspaper office in silence. Cory needed some time to process what had just played out in Reece"s trailer, and he was pretty sure his companion was thinking it all over, too. One thing had surprised him about Reece Norman, in spite of everything the townsfolk had been muttering about her. He liked her and thought she was doing a good job in very difficult circumstances. From what other people had said, he"d expected some kind of monster. Reece Norman was anything but that.
Bianca was studying the photographs of Poppy, turning them over and over in her hands, not venturing a word.
‘What did you make of Reece?’ Cory asked, deciding at last that it was time to share their notes.
‘The girls are lovely,’ Bianca replied, laying the photographs flat on her lap
