A Song of Shadows
“He was wearing shorts, and he saw Sam’s eyes drift to the new scars on his upper body that had been added to the old, which were themselves more obvious now that he had lost so much weight.‘What? How do you know?’She had considered how to answer this question on the way to her father’s room. She didn’t like lying, but sometimes you had to.‘I couldn’t sleep,’ she said, ‘so I got up to look out at the sea and I saw him. He’s in there now. Daddy, you have to hurry. You have to call the police.’He ...was already moving as she handed his cellphone to him, but he did not dial 911, not yet. Ruth Winter’s number was in his contacts list, so he tried that first, cradling the phone between his chin and shoulder as he pulled on a pair of jeans and slipped into his sneakers. The number rang out without an answer.‘Shit,’ he said. Sam, who was not above admonishing her father when he used bad language, remained silent.Parker zipped up a hooded fleece, and reached for the gun that was now taped to the frame of his bed.MoreLess
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