down at the photograph. “That’s why she said she couldn’t have done it without you.”
Daniel nodded. “Now you REALLY need to go. Now.”
Daniel glanced at his watch.
“Dad, are you serious?” Maya gaped at him. “After all this, we’re back to telling Evan to leave?”
“You don’t understand. Mark’s coming here tonight. He’s probably on his way here right now,” Daniel replied.
Evan’s eyes went round. He turned to Maya.
Then Maya asked the question I was already thinking.
“If Mark did all this, why is he still your friend?”
“He’s probably on his way here right now,”
Shame crossed Daniel’s face.
“We’re not close. I kept him at a distance.”
“He is literally coming here tonight,” Maya said.
Daniel looked down. “I know.”
Evan’s voice was quiet. “Did you ever tell him you helped my mom?”
“No. I promised Claire I wouldn’t tell him where she’d gone.
