Deklyn Boyd is a student favorite on Huron University’s campus. You won’t find an empty seat during any of his lectures. Department colleagues find him personable, engaging and intelligent. But his private life is the reason why documentaries get made and binge watched. Willow Darby’s investigation into a rash of unrelated bombings has drawn her into a dangerous game. One that has potentially lethal consequences for its loser.
Genre: FICTION / CrimeTWO
Cedar street was part of a familiar neighborhood in almost any American city filled with regular working-class homes and fairly well-kept yards. The kind where parents backed vehicles out of the driveway so their kids could play pickup basketball games or ride bikes. Cars lined both sides of the curb due to the warmer weather.
Willow was about a block away when she spotted June’s Buick creeping near their house. It was a strange sight. There was a need to go slower because of the number of cars out in the street, but not five miles per hour.
What she found alarming was her daughter Hannah had been at the wheel. She exited the driver’s side door after Willow parked behind them. June got out and the two waited for her to emerge.
“Don’t freak out.” said Hannah.
Willow deposited the cellphone into a purse that hung on her shoulder. “You’re not even close to fifteen and driver’s training doesn’t start until next summer.”
June replied from the other side of the Buick’s hood. “I remember a certain someone starting much earlier.”
“That was different.” said Willow.
“Oh really? The fact that your father let you drive at thirteen only to tell me about it later.” quipped June.
“I thought you always knew about that.”
“It’s certainly easier to ask for forgiveness than permission, isn’t it?” said June.
Willow looked over at Hannah. “Don’t encourage her.”
“I thought I drove perfectly fine. Didn’t I Nana Bug?” asked Hannah.
“You were great. Obeyed all the rules of the road.”
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Translated by Ana Medina
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