CHAPTER 18
Jennifer stared at her father in his ugly, beat-up Chevy. She knew she should be afraid, but it took her a half second longer than it should have to wipe that stupid grin off her face, to forget her elation over the absolutely perfect night with Darren. It wasn’t until she heard her father’s voice that she understood how much trouble she was in.
“I’ve been looking all over for you.” Dad sounded eerily calm. She would have felt far more comfortable if he’d been yelling at her.
“Get in the truck,” he growled.
Jennifer hesitated a moment too long. In an instant, her father reached his hand out the window and yanked her by the arm. She hit her head on the side of the door, the dull metallic thump giving way to a high-pitched ringing in her ears.
“Did you go deaf all of a sudden
