Chapter 2 - The Human ShieldParamedics rushed Leo and Mia away beneath the screaming Arizona sun.
Elaine stood beside the shattered Volvo, staring at the tiny handprints Leo had left on the inside of the glass.
She couldn't stop thinking about one thing.
He had known he was in danger.
And he had chosen to protect his sister anyway.
Detective Miller arrived minutes later. He was broad-shouldered, serious, and accustomed to ugly scenes.
But even he looked shaken when he examined the vehicle.
“Five years old,” he muttered. “And he positioned himself to block the sunlight.”
Elaine swallowed hard.
“How long were they in there?”
Miller looked toward the burning horizon.
“Long enough to kill an adult.”
Elaine's stomach tightened.
“Where is their mother?”
Miller's expression changed.
“That,” he said quietly, “is what we're trying to find out.”
On the passenger seat lay a woman's purse.
Her phone was inside.
Everything appeared to suggest that the children's caregiver had somehow disappeared.
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But something about the scene felt wrong.
Far too wrong.
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