CHAPTER 17

"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."

 John Churton Collins

Bradley paced around the Starbucks parking lot waiting for one of the stalkers to appear.  Emma had only been gone a few minutes but Bradley was desperate to talk to Mark, Phil, Brody or someone she hadn’t met.  Yet, they were nowhere in sight when she actually needed them.  There was an emergent situation and somehow Mark was positioned in the middle of it.  Bradley desperately needed to make sure he was okay. 

The immense sunshine was too much.  Bradley opened the door to her car.  Heat filled the humid hair.  She climbed into the leather seat and cranked the air conditioning on hi...

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