The Scarlet Thread (63 page)

the curb. Adjusting the strap of her shoulder bag, she started the

walk to campus.

Henderson Avenue was a long, pretty street with old-growth

maples and neat brick houses with snow-covered lawns. In the

city park located a block south of the campus was a small community-center building used by students interning as youth leaders and teachers. In two years, she would be working there. The

center housed a daily preschool program in the morning and

youth activities through the afternoon every day of the week except Sunday, when everything in town shut down for worship

services. Only a few businesses, mostly nationwide chains,

stayed open.

As Dynah came abreast of the park, she paused, frowning.

The car with the Massachusetts plates was there, just across the

street, parked beyond a cobblestone driveway beneath a canopy

of winter-bare branches. She peered at the vehicle, anxious, then

noticed with relief that no one sat in the driver’s seat. The man

must have found his brother after all. He had said he lived not far

from the campus.

A twig snapped to the right, and her nerves jumped. She

turned and saw a tall dark shape moving toward her. A man.

Every instinct screamed “Run!” but surprise made her hesitate—and within a few seconds she knew she had made a terrible

mistake. A couple of seconds. That’s all it took for the man to

have a hold on her.

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