Confession

Julie and Kelly argued on a plan of action all the way home. Julie wanted to go straight to the police and let Franco handle everything. Kelly wanted to get Georgie and her things out of the house first. After Morris's show of anger the other night, she wanted to be safely out of his reach before he found out she had talked to Franco.

Julie dropped Kelly off at home before taking the LTD back to the dealership. They agreed to meet back at Julie's house in an hour, but that wasn't to happen. Kelly was still calling around to Georgie's friends trying to locate him when Morris slammed through the front door.

"Kelly! Get out here, woman!"

Kelly dropped the phone back on the cradle and looked for a place to hide but there was nowhere to turn. Morris loomed through the open door into their bedroom. She froze where she sat on the edge of the bed. She kept telling herself Morris didn't know she was spying on him, and if she played it cool, she could still get out.

"I was on the phone." She hoped she looked calmer than she felt.

"Who were you calling?"

"I was looking for Georgie. He isn't home." Why lie when the truth served just as well?

"Yeah, and where have you been?"

"Who said I've been anywhere?" She bit her tongue, realizing how confrontational she sounded but unable to keep the bite out of her voice.