Darkest Night by Tara Thomas

Author:Tara Thomas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

CHAPTER 13

Keaton was doing the best he could to keep his eyes on the road as he and Tilly drove back to Benedict House, but it was hard what with the fantastical story she was telling him about the homeless woman.

“We have to go back,” Tilly said. “We have to get that cell phone.”

Keaton tapped his fingers on the steering wheel as he waited for the light to change. “I wonder if we should call the police and tell them. They could get a search warrant.”

“I don’t know. I’m pretty sure she wasn’t lying to me, but you never know. Plus, I don’t know her name and she had on this ridiculous hat that covered her face.” She bit her bottom lip. “The thing is, she seemed really scared about the possibility of going to the police. She seemed so certain someone was going to come after her if she did. I’d hate it if something happened to her because she gave me information.”

As much as Keaton didn’t want to, he had to agree with her. “Okay, we’ll go back tomorrow. Maybe that will give the unnamed woman time to think and she’ll be ready to hand over the phone.”

“I wish I had at least gotten her name. I keep hearing her say no one notices the homeless and I didn’t even get her name.”

Keaton glanced out the side of his eyes to see a tear slip down Tilly’s cheek. He put a hand on her knee. “Hey. You okay?”

Tilly nodded silently. “Yeah. I guess she just affected me more than I thought. I can’t imagine why she ran off the way she did.”

“Maybe that Jade girl scared her.” Keaton had caught a glimpse of the teen. He couldn’t explain it, but she gave off an evil vibe that had nothing to do with the way she dressed and everything to do with the soulless look in her eyes.

“I’m sure she’s harmless.”

“Maybe we could try to talk to her tomorrow.”

“Yes,” Tilly said, her excitement obvious. “And we can try to reason with the hat woman. If she still won’t listen to us, then we can go to the police.”

“I agree. One way or another, we’ll get that phone,” he assured her.

“I just know it has what we need to prove Kipling’s innocent.”

* * *

They arrived back at the house in silence not long after. He knew Tilly had homework to do and he needed to type up his notes from the meeting he just had and to work on the proposal for Kipling.

“Meet you in the kitchen in an hour?” he asked her as they walked inside. “I saw Lena’s picked up some ice cream. We should make banana splits.”

It had been a favorite summertime treat to share when they were kids and he drank in the sight of her first smile since they’d left the shelter.

“Yes,” she said. “Definitely.”

He wanted to protest when she said she was going upstairs to do homework, but he knew how close she was to graduating and he was so proud.

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