“I’m so sorry, Detective,” Lilly said. “When it comes to Skye, I seem to be … all over the place.”
Denison smiled. “It’s more than fine. I can understand your concern. She’s back now all safe and sound. Skye, will you see me out?”
“Sure.”
She kept her coat on and left the house. She’d been so lost in her thoughts, she hadn’t seen his car parked in the driveway.
“Bye,” she said.
“Skye, you might want to consider your parents’ feelings before walking off again.”
“I didn’t walk off. I went to the store. What do you mean ‘again’?”
“You were taken once.”
“I was kidnapped. I had no plans to run off. I don’t even know why people think that.”
“You and Noah are close?”
“No,” she said. She hoped he didn’t see the tension inside her. Whenever it came to questions about Noah, she always felt a need to protect him. “I tutored him.”
“You know, you can talk to me about anything.”
“I know. There’s nothing to talk about.”
“We’ll see.”
She watched Denison climb into his car and pull out of the street. She had no desire to talk to the cop about anything.