Chapter 27

• Patrick lay propped up against pillows listening to the conversations in the small hospital room. It was good to see everyone again. Kasey and Rachel were having some sort of hushed conversation, and he couldn’t help but notice the look of concern on Leena’s face. It was the look of a predator-ready-to-pounce on Chris’s face that set off the warning bells of a well-trained cop. Without looking at Rhonda, who stood beside his bed, he spoke to her so only she would hear.
• Lass, are you picking up on us being left out of something here?
• I was just thinking the same thing, Pat. Cora won’t even look me directly in the eye.