Chapter 46

Elise could hear the door to Marla’s room open and close. Moments later, it opened again, and Marla quickly descended the stairs and left without a word, slamming the front door behind her.

As she watched Marla drive away, Elise wondered if the woman had bought her act or not. Marla was definitely up to something. She was obviously curious if Elise had noticed anything while in the red car, but what was she hiding and why? The answer was there, just waiting for someone to figure it out.

Rubbing her temples, she tried to organize her thoughts but they kept floating about in her head like bits of paper caught in a whirlwind. No one had told her that an unmedicated heat would leave her brain addled! In frustration, she grabbed a piece of paper and began to write down anything she could think of that she’d heard or seen about Ryne or Marla.

After a few minutes she threw down her pen in disgust. It was all rumor and supposition, random facts and events that may or may n