Chapter Seventeen: The plan

David came in just after midnight. He didn't look like a man who had been looking for anyone. His jacket was loose, his gait was calm, and when he saw Emma and her mother still sitting in the living room, he paused only a moment before moving forward, dropping his keys on the console table as he always did, like a man arriving home after an ordinary evening.

—It's late. Why are you both still awake?

Emma didn't respond to that. She hadn't been sitting there for two