“You could have trusted her.”
“Yes.”
“You watched her bury someone else.”
Evelyn nodded.
“Yes.”
No excuse.
No defense.
Just yes.
Mercer suddenly pulled a g/u/n.
Everything happened at once.
Officers shouted.
Caleb moved behind the headstone.
Evelyn stepped between them.
Mercer grabbed her.
Daisy barked.
Scout erupted beside me.
I reached for the door.
Hayes stopped me.
“No.”
Outside, Evelyn screamed:
“Thomas, it’s finished!”
Mercer dragged her toward the cemetery gate.
Then something astonishing happened.
Daisy bit the leg of his trousers.
Not enough to seriously injure him.
Enough to break his balance.
Mercer stumbled.
The g/u/n fell.
Caleb kicked it away.
Officers swarmed.
Within seconds, Mercer was on the ground in handcuffs.
Alive.
Evelyn sank beside Daisy.
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