CHAPTER TWELVE
Even with Officer Foster leaving to return to the station, the car felt incredibly crowded with Todd Ramsey sitting in the back beside DeMarco. It wasn’t just that there were four people crammed into Barnes’ patrol car—Kate and Barnes up front, DeMarco and Ramsey in the back—it was also the added fear, tension, and confusion coming off of Ramsey. No more than three minutes after they had left Ramsey’s house, it was just too much for Kate. She knew from experience that silence in tense situations never led to anything good. So she did her best to defuse it before it was too late.
“Mr. Ramsey, why were you out driving so late at night anyway?”
“Like I said. I was just clearing my head. I’ve always liked to drive around the back roads at night—especially those old dirt and g
