Friction
““At first,” Holly admitted in reply to Neal’s question. “But I told him I would take him absolutely no farther. He got out. I drove home.”
When she’d arrived, Neal Lester and Matt Nugent were sitting in an unmarked sedan at the end of her driveway. She drove around back and entered her house through the kitchen door, then met them at the front.
As she ushered them inside, she said, “I spoke to Marilyn. She told me to expect you.”
She’d offered to make coffee, which they declined. Th...ey’d taken seats in the living room and for the past twenty minutes she had been recounting everything that had happened since getting the call from Crawford.
“He didn’t tell you what he was going to do?”
“‘Stay alive.’ Those were his words. For his daughter’s sake, he wants very much to live. Having seen her safely away, he was much calmer than he’d been an hour earlier.MoreLess
When she’d arrived, Neal Lester and Matt Nugent were sitting in an unmarked sedan at the end of her driveway. She drove around back and entered her house through the kitchen door, then met them at the front.
As she ushered them inside, she said, “I spoke to Marilyn. She told me to expect you.”
She’d offered to make coffee, which they declined. Th...ey’d taken seats in the living room and for the past twenty minutes she had been recounting everything that had happened since getting the call from Crawford.
“He didn’t tell you what he was going to do?”
“‘Stay alive.’ Those were his words. For his daughter’s sake, he wants very much to live. Having seen her safely away, he was much calmer than he’d been an hour earlier.MoreLess
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