Something About Sophie by Mary Kay McComas

Author:Mary Kay McComas
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780062084811
Publisher: HarperCollins

Chapter Eleven

In Marion she rarely locked her car doors. It never seemed necessary unless she had something of great value on the seat next to her—which was hardly ever—and it was more a matter of leading them not into temptation than believing someone might be actively looking for something to steal. And while she sort of automatically glanced more attentively into the shadows of the backseat before she drove at night, it was more for the presence of a boogeyman than a killer.

Though, she supposed a killer was actually a specific type of boogeyman for grown-ups—not unlike the kind that’ll bite off the fingers of children who suck their thumbs. Rapists might be the adult version of the fiends who wander in the dark looking for little children to snatch up and carry off . . . and thieves and bullies could be the hobgoblins that crawl under the beds of children who don’t go to sleep when they’re told to.

But they weren’t the imaginary goblins used to frighten children into being obedient. They were real, and they were her reasons for locking herself inside her Jeep as she drove to the hospital, parking close to the entrance, and locking it again as she scurried inside to visit Lonny.

While she didn’t believe anyone was trying to harm her directly, there was no point in taking foolish chances. And okay, so her inner child still had a healthy fear of the boogeyman. So what? she asked herself, walking, eyes forward, passing the metal door to the vacant stairwell—equally as bad as any dark cellar—to the hospital’s elevator bay. She was an adult. She could be as peculiar and as paranoid as she wanted to be and no one—

“Oh!” She startled when the elevator doors parted and a woman stepped into the opening. “Mrs. McCarren!”

“Sophie!”

They laughed, both relieved to know they weren’t the only jumpy people in town.

“Hi. It’s nice to see you again.”

“You too, dear. Ava and I were speaking of you this afternoon.” She was without a doubt the most put-together woman Sophie’d ever met. Even in simple slacks and a soft summer blouse, she looked like she’d just stepped out of Cate Blanchett’s closet. “We were hoping we could persuade you and Jesse over to the house for a light summer lunch on Saturday.”

“I’d love that, thank you. I’ll check with Jesse when I get back and let you know . . . tomorrow probably.” Because I’m hoping to be out very, very, very late tonight, she thought, smiling at her date’s mother.

“Excellent.” They switched places—Sophie into the elevator, Elizabeth McCarren out. “My, you look lovely and bright this evening.” She sobered. “You’re here to see Drew, if I’m not mistaken. Isn’t it lovely that his work is close enough for drop-in visitors?”

“No, no.” She waved a small but obvious fistful of deep purple irises and white peonies from Jesse’s garden. “I’m here to visit Mr. Campbell.”

“Lonny?”

The door started to close, Sophie held it open.

“You know he was attacked last night, right?”

“Yes, I heard.

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