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"I’m not so old that I don’t knohat’s what," she scolded "Afor trouble Think about how this looks You’re just so i else you’ll regret"

Kay hadn’t had the y to reassure herherall that seriously if her only concern hether Kay was running off to "shack up" with some man

No matter what she did, her mother would always assume the worst She shivered and pulled her coat closer In her mother’s eyes, her life was defined by her nant and un sha she could do noould everher mother in front of her conservative church friends

It was a chilling thought to realize that she’d never be good enough

"Are you cold?" Eli turned up the heat and pointed the air vent in her direction

"I’m okay," she whispered Hope had been restless the first hour of the trip, whi the entire tiainst the side of her car seat Kay was afraid to talk too loud and attract the baby’s attention again Her head was still ringing froht?" Eli took her hint and lowered his voice to a near whisper as well

"No one, really Danny, of course I told Sasha and I also e-mailed Mara and Ridley about it, too" She fell silent It wasn’t hard to understand why he was asking the question It would have taken so to put an explosive under their car in the short time they were in the restaurant Someone had to have knohere they’d be and planned ahead

Only she hadn’t even known about her date until today It had been a last-, after all

"Danny askedwe’d planned in advance What if I hadn’t gone tonight? Would they have blown up my apartment, instead?"

"It’s possible" Despite his harsh words, Eli’s face was gentle as he turned to her "I’m sorry, Kay"

Tears welled in her eyes She’d initially balked at the idea of going into hiding It was so drastic, to just up and leave her job, faument had been simple yet persuasive If she stayed, her fa was safer for the the faint shadows of the trees pass by in the darkness She wasn’t entirely sure where they were, just that they were on Interstate 95 on the way to Eli’s house in Northern Virginia With every s she knew and cared about

Just a few days ago, her biggest worry was finishing her albue fund for Hope There were days when she’d grown frustrated, of course, but she had so hter, her friends and fa Now she had no idea what she was Rootless Homeless With one act, some faceless person had taken away her foundation

She’d been working on lyrics in the car on the way to the restaurant earlier All she could think about was that notepad, blown to ash and scattered to the wind