PIERCE

Katy lifted her face from her steering wheel and my heart plummeted. Her eyes were red and puffy as if she’d cried for a week.

I didn’t hear her crappy Honda pull into my driveway as I sat in my office staring out at the ocean, but noticed the twinge in my heart. As if a piece of me broke and suffered a shock, I’d even put my hand over my heart and rubbed my chest. The feeling of dread grew until I walked through the house looking for something wrong. I ...