“Ma’am, you can’t come in here.”
“Talk to them,” Holly waved the policeman toward Jon and Clarissa.
As soon as his back was turned, Holly walked around the barrier that had been set at the head of the driveway into the Walmart off Monocacy Boulevard as if it wasn’t even there.
Miranda could only watch in surprise.
Andi took her arm and tugged her forward around the barrier.
She didn’t like to ignore authority, but Holly seemed so certain. The others walked ahead, so she let Andi lead her after them.
Once they had woven through the layers of police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks—dodging emergency workers and sheet-draped stretchers every step of the way—the whole team stumbled to a halt at the edge of the debris field.
It didn’t extend beyond the parking lot, but the devastation t
