Chapter 323

CARSON SAT HUNCHED IN the cold, metal chair. She'd never known wrenching a shoulder out of its socket could be so painful. The muscles across her back ached and there was a deep soreness in her chest. The paramedic who'd seen her at the dock had warned her she might have some other injury he couldn't tend to and Agent Walker wasn't about to allow her something as simple as seeing a doctor.

She'd lost count of the hours left alone in this room with nothing more than two metal chairs and a table.

At least they'd taken the handcuffs off?

Whatever came next she could handle it.

Mom and Dad were safe.

She had to believe Ryan had found Frankie.

The nightmare was almost over. At least she hoped so.

Whatever happened to her, she'd be okay. Somehow or another even if she was at fault. It was still surreal that Agent Walker had arrested her. She'd been in so much pain at the time she hadn't quite heard everything he'd said.

The air kicked on, blowing another blast of frigid air through t