plunged into a suf

he spot, with no one d

urriedly dabbed at the water tha

Melinda disappeared without so much as a goodb

n't worth even a fraction of th

da then, but her number wa

erself from his life, l

after that, Shane hea

ut he never understood why he couldn

, Jeff reached out and gave his sho

ears back, there was that plane crash in Buevine. They recovered a viol

nds of coincidences ev

t his bre

quiet it seemed every inh

settled

sed, but his fingers tr

ng to break the tension. "Alrig

tucked away at one side of the round t

a dull haze. But inside his head, th

e watching that somethi

smates leaned together, whi

rself killed, bringing up

r? She used to

r' him. It was just path

family already chose his future w

nding on her uncle, yet she actually t

s deep in conversation with her former boss from

the violin, a violin she barely dared touch herself.

e counter toward her. "Here. This should be

ouple of old photo booth strips from her school

with both hands and went

d vanished, and no matter how much she searched, she couldn't find it. She never

ncerely and took t

tairs to leave when a figure suddenly eme

ck on instinct, only to

wallets landed

n bent first, picked up the wallet o

. They were hazy, dulled by alcohol, and

, quickly taking the

yet somehow she had been runnin

gether, she hadn't eve

of her presence. He didn't eve

d walked off in a hurry. His long strides carried him down the corridor,

Leanna was still standing there, staring after him

ul and controlled. He r

ing wrong

g about him again, Leanna gave her head a

finished getting ready for

nd casually tossed the wallet onto Leanna's bed

nna replied, sitting up

ss card

Shane Lloyd, Chief