CHAPTER NINE
A little while later, Riley was relaxing as Bill drove the FBI car to the town of Greybull, where Tilda Steen had been killed. Riley felt good to be working on a new case, especially one of her own choosing.
It was a warm, sunny day. She felt as though her troubles and anxieties were fading behind her. Now that she had time to clear her head, Riley was beginning to feel quite differently about Ryan’s departure.
Why would she want him to stay, anyway?
She certainly didn’t want him sleeping over now that he was seeing somebody else.
And it was wrong to let the girls keep living with an illusion that he was truly part of their family.
Things could be worse, she thought.
Ryan might have hung around for a much longer time, only to eventually crush the girls’ hopes and expect
