I’m sure Ellie will turn up. You know girls, Doug offered. They get crazy ideas and run off all the time. Chelsey’s lips twitched, hating the implication that being born female made you automatically guilty of something. Jimmy stood, his hands balling into fists. He was a big guy and kept a bat by the front door. That’s not her. That’s not my daughter. He advanced on Doug. Ellie wouldn’t just run away.
