I told her I understood.

What I wanted to say was that I’d finally realized the most dangerous person in Megan’s life had not been Walter or Tiffany.

It had been the man who trusted them more than her.

PART 4

I drove to the stretch of road where we’d seen Megan.

The twenty-dollar bill was gone, caught by the wind or picked up by someone who needed it.

I parked near a closed roadside market and waited, feeling ridiculous.