A Stranger in Wynnedower (41 page)

Beth
practiced excuses and explanations as she made two trips down the stairs taking
her suitcase and other items to the car. She tossed her suitcase onto the back
seat and put her laptop bag on the floorboard, then stood in the open driver’s
side door drumming her fingers on the car roof. It wasn’t his fault that, more
and more, being around him made her feel trapped. Or, maybe it was partly his
fault, but it was totally her fault she hadn’t done anything about it.

She
hit his number on the speed dial.

“Beth?
I’m glad you called back. I was about to come over. I’m not angry that you hung
up on me. I know you’re going through a lot of negative stuff right now.”

The
morning damp hung over the asphalt. She slipped into the car and closed the
door. She should tell him about the trip and why—as she should tell him the
truth about being fired and about Maude’s death. Instead, she said, “I need
time away.”

“What
are you talking about?”

“A
few days. Alone.”

“Just
like that? No discussion?”

A
deep breath. “I’m sorry. I’ll call you when I get back. We’ll talk then.” She
disconnected.

She
backed out of the parking space, her foot powered by adrenalin, and almost ran
over a man, probably the man she’d seen earlier in the SUV since no one else
was around. Either she hadn’t noticed him crossing the nearly empty lot and or
he’d moved quickly because, suddenly, he was there, his gray t-shirt filling
her rearview mirror. He was unusually tall and, thankfully, nimble. She was
glad not to add manslaughter to her sins.

Come
hell or high water or from the frying pan into the fire—choose your cliché,
pick your poison, Bethie—it all came down to the same thing. Next stop,
Preston.

But
running away was tougher than expected.

Continued......

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