He thought he was stopping for a stray dog in the snow-until he saw what she was hiding beneath her body

the snow.

Cal killed the engine.

The sudden silence inside the cab pressed hard against his chest. For a few seconds, he stayed where he was, hands resting on the wheel, watching the dog watch him. A man could keep driving. A man could tell himself Animal Control would get to it, that somebody else knew, that the house might have an owner, that getting continue reading …