No Cry for Help
““You sure you don’t want some?”
Wallace shook his head. He couldn’t even stomach the thought.
Laurel dug in, breaking one of the egg yolks with a strip of crisp bacon and sliding it into her mouth.
Wallace watched in silence, his mind churning over everything he had just told Laurel, exploring every detail, filtering out the distractions, the white noise.
Finally he said, “Do you know where they made their mistake?”
Laurel looked up in confusion. “Who?”
Wallace’s eyes fl...ashed anger. “Whoever took my family.”
Laurel carefully wiped her mouth and fixed her gaze, returning her full attention to Wallace.
“Go on.”
“The photograph,” said Wallace. “It was the final piece of evidence needed to convince the police that I was out of my mind. Without that photo, the detectives might have listened to me and launched a real investigation.”MoreLess
Wallace shook his head. He couldn’t even stomach the thought.
Laurel dug in, breaking one of the egg yolks with a strip of crisp bacon and sliding it into her mouth.
Wallace watched in silence, his mind churning over everything he had just told Laurel, exploring every detail, filtering out the distractions, the white noise.
Finally he said, “Do you know where they made their mistake?”
Laurel looked up in confusion. “Who?”
Wallace’s eyes fl...ashed anger. “Whoever took my family.”
Laurel carefully wiped her mouth and fixed her gaze, returning her full attention to Wallace.
“Go on.”
“The photograph,” said Wallace. “It was the final piece of evidence needed to convince the police that I was out of my mind. Without that photo, the detectives might have listened to me and launched a real investigation.”MoreLess
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