Act I The dog was digging like the dirt had a heartbeat. Travis Holt crawled through the dark crawl space on his elbows, flashlight shaking in one hand, mud and dust grinding into…
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Act I The German Shepherd came out of nowhere. One second, Claire Bennett was walking toward the hospital entrance with one hand under her pregnant belly and the other gripping her medical folder….
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Act I The dog hit the boy so hard his backpack slapped against the tile. For one frozen second, nobody understood what they were seeing. A little boy in a gray hoodie had…
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Act I The wedding had been perfect until the dog came running. Grace Whitmore stood beneath the flower-covered arbor with one hand resting lightly over her pregnant belly, the other trembling inside her…
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Act I The girl was sitting on Bear Callahan’s motorcycle when he found her. Not beside it. Not near it. On it. She had climbed onto the black leather seat like it was…
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Act I Ava Whitmore did not look like a child when she sat behind her father’s desk. She looked like a witness. The luxury office around her was dim, expensive, and still. Dark…
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Act I The girl came running down aisle seven like the building was on fire. Her pink hoodie flashed between shelves of cereal and canned soup. Her blonde hair stuck to her tearful…
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Act I The boy broke through the garden party like a thrown stone. White tablecloths lifted in the warm breeze. Crystal glasses caught sunlight beneath the trees. Guests in linen jackets and silk…
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Act I The snow was already sticking to his hood when Oliver knocked the first time. Not loudly. Not angrily. Just three small taps against the gray front door, as if he still…
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Act I The girl was kneeling in the rain when Mason Cole first saw her. Not standing. Not running. Kneeling. She was pressed against the side of his leg beneath the red-and-white lights…
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