Chapter 40: Chapter 40

PIERCE

Katy lifted her face from her steering wheel and my heart plummeted. Her eyes were red and puffy as if she’d cried for a week.

I didn’t hear her crappy Honda pull into my driveway as I sat in my office staring out at the ocean, but noticed the twinge in my heart. As if a piece of me broke and suffered a shock, I’d even put my hand over my heart and rubbed my chest. The feeling of dread grew until I walked through the house looking for something wrong. I didn’t find it until I checked out the front door and saw Katy’s car in the driveway.

I slowly opened her driver-side door and balanced myself on the balls of my feet getting to her level. "Katy, what happened?"

She choked over the words the first few times she tried to speak, but after a few deep breaths, she got a hold of herself. "Nanna died."