Chapter 13: In the bedroom.

Entering Tennessee’s bedroom, Paxton stopped and stared wide-eyed. The long rectangle room was huge, and Paxton figured the area spanned the width of the house. He’d never paid attention to that before because of the trees around this end of the cabin. Through the windows, he could see the bushes and the foliage that hid the space.

Stepping past the threshold, Paxton glanced to the left. One side of the room was a wall of books with an overstuffed ...