Gone without a Trace by Marie Wilkens

Author:Marie Wilkens [Wilkens, Marie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-11-20T00:00:00+00:00

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After talking with Dean, he went to wake his wife and pick up a few things before the volunteers started to arrive. For several minutes, Susan remained at the counter, thinking about what to do and playing the conversation over again in her mind. Dean had told her to follow her instincts, no matter where they led her. For the first time since her daughters had been taken, she truly felt like there was hope, but it meant keeping her husband in the dark, at least for a little while. He would try to stop her if he knew what she was planning. Susan hated she was going to deceive the man she loved, but if it was the only way she’d get her daughters back alive, Susan would follow the path no matter where it led or who it hurt in the process.

Willis would heal from the betrayal, but she would never recover if her daughters weren’t found. Grabbing her purse from the counter, she snatched the standby charger from the wall plug for her phone and quickly raced out the back door of the house. Moving with some speed, she jogged around the side of the house to where the family car was parked out front. She didn’t want Becky to see her leaving, nor did she want her husband to hear the front door opening and closing. If nothing else, she needed a little bit of a head start before telling him her plan.

Susan felt like she was the one with something to hide, and in a way, she was. She had no intentions of letting her husband or anyone else stop her from finding the answers she was looking for. Making her way to the car, she gently tugged open the door and tried to close it just as quietly. Attempting to be as silent as possible, she knew the door hadn’t closed all the way, but it didn’t matter. She took the keys in her hand and found the ignition key before sliding it into the cylinder and starting the car. A moment later, she was taking off down the street in a hurry, long before the car had a chance to warm up.

The first stop sign she came to, Susan quickly opened the door and closed it tightly just as her phone started to ring. Pulling it from her pocket, she saw right away that her husband was calling, but she needed just a little more time before having to speak with the man. He would eventually understand why she was doing what she was doing. Susan knew she had to think about the long game and getting her daughters back, no matter the cost.

Even if she had managed to muster the courage to answer the call, she wasn’t even sure what to say to her husband. The only thing she knew was that time was running out, and she needed answers. Declining the call, she stuffed the phone back into her pocket and headed in the direction of the police station.

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