Jack drove to Chris Sprague's house, and we left Jasper with him. I'm sure the Houdini reptile was happy to be rid of us as much as we were to be rid of him. Okay, I was definitely so much happier to be rid of him. I was going to have nightmares of snakes slithering up my shirt for weeks.
After, we drove to Jack's uncle's in silence. I was just relieved to see the tail end of Jasper. Jack, I wasn't quite sure what he was thinking. His face held no expression and that probably was a bad thing. He did a pretty good job of keeping his emotions in check. His cell rang on the way, he glanced at the screen and let it go to voicemail.
“My lawyer,” he grumbled under his breath when I glanced over at him.
I left him in front of Uncle Owen's house, standing by the side of the road, snow falling,
