Saturday, September 2nd

Patrick called Katelina, but she didn't answer or call him back. He took it as a sign of her decision and told himself it was for the bestexcept that now he had nowhere to go. Hailey and Anthony could be anywhere, and the one place he'd felt safe from them was the bar Katelina and her friend frequented.

It was almost two weeks later, and nearly closing time at the grocery store, when he went through the checkout. Booze, a couple of TV dinners, ...