Chapter 18 The Picture

• What Jessy told still stunned Laurie. She never expected something like that to happen.
• Valerie turned off the recorder that had just played the conversation while Laurie and Jessy were at the same table and Valerie was behind Jessy to record all the conversations.
• "So, that's why Tommy was so insistent on asking you to come back to him. Because Forest is his only hope," Valerie said half-mumbling. "I'm sure, when he hadn't met you again and didn't know that you had Forest, he was in a state of confusion because of the situation he was facing."