Keys, phone, done. I headed downstairs.
Hannah was in the kitchen with a cup of coffee she didn't seem to be drinking, staring at the middle distance. I paused in the doorway.
"I'm going out for a bit," I said.
She blinked and found me slowly. "Where?"
"Meeting a friend. I won't be long."
"You're going to see that Reid boy, aren't you?"
"I"
"Save it." She cut off whatever I was about to say. "Be back before dinner or there will be consequences."
I nodded. She'd already stopped looking at me. I swallowed whatever was sitting in my throat and left before anything changed.
The walk to Willow Creek Park took about forty minutes. The day was mild, the sun moving in and out behind thick white clouds. It might have been pleasant under different circumstances. As it was, my stomach got ti
