the road elicited a sharp intake of breath from Jennings. D

nded softly. "Don't you d

tched. A gho

ontgomery estate, the house was dark. Good. Aunt Ele

ed as the car stopped. "Take a shower. Burn

out into the rain. She looked at the blood on her shoes and ga

ard the mai

e get him to the guest room in the We

ed room. No servants w

to the climate-controlled stillness of the mansion was

ter bed. The pristine white d

aid kit," O'Malley

s shivering now. Shock. She nee

hed for

nnings mumbled. His eyes were

cocktails, Mr. Stafford," sh

s rolling on hardw

ack. Wh

er's whe

t into the hallway just as Elean

s already eating away at her muscle mass, but her spine was as stiff a

ned dress, the mud, the blood. "You look like you've

Seeing her mother alive was a punch to the gut. She wanted to fall

r's voice sharpened.

hurt. Is the

ut we picked up a... a friend. H

ed to look past Dawn in

er view. "I didn't want to take him to the ho

exhaustion. "Always the drama with

Mother. Please.

moment. "Don't let him bleed on t

wheelchair an

ding. She turned back to the room. Jennings was w

dog?" h

" she retorted. She close