Darling Descent by Leighann Hart

Author:Leighann Hart [Hart, Leighann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Crooked Hart Press, LLC
Published: 2022-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

“Well, that was delightful. I’m glad I sacrificed binge-watching Riverdale for the umpteenth time to watch my sister cry in a crappy diner,” Brandi said once they were en route to Branch Spring. She rubbed the back of her neck, hand lingering. Her mouth fell in a flat line. “I can’t believe she never told me about the baby, never breathed a word about it. I could’ve helped her.”

“Everyone deals with grief in their own way. Maybe your sister needed to turn inward to heal. Don’t blame yourself. You had no idea what was going on. I’m sorry you had to sit through that.”

Kenna scrawled away in her journal, notating the most useful pieces from the conversation. She fixated on the haunting, parting phrase Dr. Merino had delivered unto Erin.

Did he consider himself evil, or was it all an act?

She got the sense she had barely cracked the surface of the enigma that was Dayton Merino and she’d fallen into some sort of fatal attraction scenario in which she was intrigued by and frightened of him.

“So,” Brandi hesitated, drawing out the vowel while flipping through the static-laced radio channels before finding an in-tune throwback station. “This guy sounds like a sociopath. Why are you so fascinated with him?”

The timing of the commentary was uncanny, as if she’d read Kenna’s thoughts. She slid her pen in the notebook’s spine. “Because at his core, he’s still one of us.”

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