Snow Way Out by M Z Andrews

Author:M Z Andrews [Andrews, M Z]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781726765350
Published: 2019-02-07T05:00:00+00:00

22

“Dinner was good,” said Evanee as they drove away from Lane’s grandmother’s house.

“Mm-hmm,” he murmured absently as he drove.

Evanee looked out the window. It was hard to see much as it was almost dark now. “I really like your grandparents.”

“Yep.”

Evanee turned and looked at Lane curiously. “What’s going on with you? Why are you suddenly so sullen? You were fine at dinner.”

He glanced at her then. There was no smile in his eyes, and his face was sullen. “Nothing’s wrong.”

“Look, we haven’t known each other for very long, so I can’t say that I understand the way you think yet. But I’m pretty sure I’m smart enough to understand when there’s something wrong with someone.”

Lane shrugged, and with his left hand draped over the steering wheel, he turned his truck down a side street. “I guess I’m just tired.”

She shook her head. “I’m not stupid, Lane. There’s more to it than that. You’re upset about something your grandparents said. What is it? The fact that your grandmother suspects some old girlfriend of your father’s?”

He sighed. “I didn’t even know he had a girlfriend before Mom,” he finally said, a bitter tone behind his voice.

“You assumed your mother was his first love?”

“I really had no idea.” He shook his head. “You wouldn’t get it.”

“Try me.”

Lane looked over at her. Evanee could see the conflict in his eyes. He wanted to open up. Needed to open up, but couldn’t bring himself to do it. She was a stranger. They didn’t know each other well enough. Evanee could totally understand.

“It’s personal,” he finally said.

“If it relates to your mother and this case, it’s not just personal,” said Evanee. She sighed, softening a bit. “Listen, Lane. I know this is hard for you. To me, it’s a case to solve. To you, this is your life. It’s your family. Rachel was your mother! I get it, and I completely understand, but I want you to know that I’m not here to pass judgment on you or your family. I’m not here to share your secrets and go spreading gossip around town. I’m only here to help solve the mystery of what happened to your mother.”

He shook his head then. “But why? Why are you so interested in helping me and my grandparents? You and I didn’t exactly get off on the right foot the other day. So why would you wanna help me?”

Evanee chuckled. “No. No, we didn’t, did we?”

Lane’s head shook, his blond curls swaying next to his ears.

“Well, I wish I had a really good answer for you. I’d like to say it was something honorable, but the truth is, I found out about the case and I just felt the innate need to solve it. Haven’t you ever felt like that? Like you had to do something, but you didn’t know why you had to do it? Like some magical force was pushing you to do it?”

Lane looked at her like she was nuts. “Can’t say that I have. Have you had it happen before?”

Evanee’s head bobbed as she sighed.

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