Chapter 23

I mean, hell, he’s some sort of creature out of a bad movie. Trying to pretend he’s human when he’s really a vicious animal.

“But he’s not,” he whispered softly to himself, still looking out the window but seeing nothing but the past.

“I’m not what?” Wynn asked quietly, finally crossing the room to sit on the edge of the bed.

“A vicious animal. If you were, you wouldn’t have helped Ralphie.”

“Maybe I thought he wouldn’t make much of a meal,” Wynn replied scathingly.

“Then you would have just left him there and moved on.” Mick finally looked at Wynn again. “You heardhe was missing because you were there when the call came in and you went looking for him. Didn’t you?”

Wynn nodded. “The way the weather was, hell, I couldn’t in good conscience not try to find him. I figured I had a better chance than you all did, when it came down to it.”

“Which is true but…” Mick gave a small shake of his head. “Damn it, Wynn, you could have said something.”