“It was just after seven a.m., the last hour and a half a confused blur. Retrieving the car, trying to get it around to the back of the burning building. Various emergency personnel and cops asking what Lil was doing there, lies tumbling from her lips, as she’d maneuvered her way back to Ada, now next to her, and Aaron, Alice and Rose now in the back. Along the way, she’d spotted familiar faces, old patients of Bradley’s who’d moved to Nillewaug for its promise of safety and comfort. And one fac...e that made her wonder if maybe there’d be more to this story than just a fire – Detective Mattie Perez. ‘Mother . . .’ Ada’s jaw was clenched. ‘Are you sure you won’t let us take you to the hospital?’ ‘Why? So you can kill me there?’ Rose turned to her new, albeit confused, BFF, Alice in her soaked nightdress, the two of them huddled under a red wool horse blanket that Lil kept in the trunk for emergencies. ‘Do you have children, Alice?’ ‘Vicky. But she’s no use,’ the redhead offered, shaking her head.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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