Would you like someone to take you to urgent care today?”

I nodded.

Through the glass door I watched Daniel pacing the kitchen while Sloan gestured dramatically.

He stopped when he noticed me looking.

For a moment I thought I saw the little boy who had once cried because he’d accidentally stepped on a beetle.

Then his expression hardened again.

When Officer Porter went inside to speak with him, Marcus sat across from me.

“I should have told you sooner,” I said.