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Chapters (87)
  1. TITLE PAGE
  2. COPYRIGHT
  3. DEDICATION
  4. CONTENTS
  5. START READING
  6. CHAPTER ONE
  7. CHAPTER TWO
  8. CHAPTER THREE
  9. CHAPTER FOUR
  10. CHAPTER FIVE
  11. CHAPTER SIX
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN
  13. CHAPTER EIGHT
  14. CHAPTER NINE
  15. CHAPTER TEN
  16. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  17. CHAPTER TWELVE
  18. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  19. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  20. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  21. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  22. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  23. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  24. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  33. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  34. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  43. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  44. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  53. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  54. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  63. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  64. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  65. CHAPTER SIXTY
  66. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  67. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  73. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  74. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  75. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  76. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  77. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  80. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  81. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  82. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SEVEN
  83. CHAPTER SEVENTY-EIGHT
  84. CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
  85. CHAPTER EIGHTY
  86. EPILOGUE
  87. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

“I honestly don’t think it was about anything other than forgetting for just a moment how his life had been turned upside down. We didn’t talk about what happened over Memorial Day weekend. It was just sex.”

This isn’t the Adam that I know.

Or knew.

And honestly, I don’t understand the concept of “just sex.” Just sex? Why not find another activity to pass the time? Maybe Skee-Ball or something like that.

“I’m going to be dragged into this, right?” she asks.

“Why would you be?”

“If you arrest Adam like that reporter says.”

“Do you know what happened to Sophie?” I ask.

She winces at the question. “Of course not,” she says, her voice rising a little. “And I don’t think Adam could have hurt her anyway. He’s weak, like I said.

“I wouldn’t give Linda London an interview if she asks you,” she goes on. “But if you do, I trust you won’t bring me up. I wanted to do the right thing, that’s all. In case, you know, he did it. Do you think he did?”

I offer no expression, but I give her something to think about.

“Well, there was an eyewitness that saw the abduction, Carrie.”

She gives me a little shrug and snaps her purse shut. “I heard that,” she says, “but I also heard that the guy’s about a hundred years old and isn’t sure what he saw.”

Linda and Frank are the A-Team of misinformation, I think.

“He’s sure,” I tell her. “He’s not that old, by the way. Don’t pay attention to what Linda London says, all right? She’s selling a story.”

“I guess so,” Carrie says. “I just thought I’d come forward first—you know, a preemptive strike.”

“Understood,” I say.

“I told my director this morning,” she says, getting up from the table and glancing at a text. “I think they are going to make Adam take some time off from SkyAero.”

I get up to leave. I notice that I’m shaking a little. I don’t like to shake. I push back on my own thoughts about Adam Warner and his affair with Carrie LaCroix. One bad act doesn’t always lead to another.

Not always.

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE

ADAM

Earlier this morning I was notified by Tricia, our Human Resources representative, to come to her office at the end of the day. I asked her what it was about, and she indicated it was “process and procedure” that needed to be addressed. I thought it had something to do with changing my dependents now that Sophie was gone. I poked my head into Carrie’s office to ask what she knew, but she was on a call and waved me away.