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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 fill him in on Connor Moss’s DNA match and arrest in Seattle. I watch my tone. I’m elated, of course. But the man I’m calling has suffered in so many ways since everything happened. Joy and relief are not the same thing.

“I’m sorry about everything you’ve gone through since Sophie was taken, Adam. I’m sorry about all of it. I hope you and Aubrey are doing all right. I’m looking forward to seeing you later.”

I look out my window. The plum tree is fully leafed out. Its green leaves are touched with a little bronze from the heat of the summer. The tree. The branches. Adam and I will always have a bond because of the day he found me. I know now that if I transferred some feelings of affection to him, they were misplaced. I’m a Shelton girl. The Shelton boy is now in Seattle making a new life for himself.

I reach for my coffee cup.

“You hungry?”

It’s Montrose.

“Yeah,” I say, setting down the cup. “You drive.”

He nods, and we make our way to his car and drive down Fourth to a Mexican restaurant that I’ve wanted to try since it opened over Memorial weekend.

I notice his grip on the steering wheel.

“Tremor’s better,” I say.

He gives me a smile.

“Yeah,” he says. “New meds. Can’t stop the progression completely, but we’re doing our best to slow it down. How long have you known?”

“Awhile,” I say.

He doesn’t ask me not to tell anyone.

He knows he can trust me.

At the end of the day, trust is everything.

CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR

CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR

LEE

I don’t know why for sure, but I put on a new dress I bought from Anthropologie’s online store just before the Warner case. I’m no trendsetter. In Shelton, I don’t have to be. The dress is a cotton blend with a pretty, modern floral print. Not a grandma dress at all. I saw Chrissy Teigen wear something similar on Instagram. I don’t even allow myself to think that it’s a sexy choice, because that’s not the message I ever send to anyone. The truth is I seldom feel sexy. I’m not terrible to look at, but not gorgeous, either. I do the best that I can. I exercise. Eat right. My makeup is light and professional during the week. On the weekends I don’t usually wear any at all.

Today, however, I do. It’s not a celebration. Connor Moss hasn’t gone through the legal system yet. But still, I can’t help but feel that his arrest will start Adam toward healing.

He’ll get what I didn’t with Albert Hodge: justice.