PART 3 OF 9
THE NIGHT HE DISAPPEARED
Mavenlus DeskFICTION
The words seemed to stop time.
Daniel stared at his mother.
“What?”
Evelyn's eyes filled with tears.
“Your father didn't leave us.”
“You told me he did.”
“I was trying to protect you.”
“From what?”
“From the people who killed him.”
Daniel looked around the ballroom.
Nobody was speaking.
Nobody was eating.
Nobody even seemed to breathe.
His entire wedding had turned into a courtroom.