“Hello...” “Ashley?” It was her father’s voice. “Oh, Father, I—” “What’s wrong?”
“I’m in Chicago and—” “What are you doing in Chicago?” “I can’t go into it now. I need an airline ticket to San Jose.”
“I don’t have any money with me. Can you help me?” “Of course. Hold on.”
Three minutes later, her father came back on the line. “There’s an American Airlines plane leaving O’Hare at ten-forty a.m., Flight 407.”
There will be a ticket waiting for you at the check-in counter. I’ll pick you up at the airport in San Jose and—
“No!” She could not let him see her like this. “I’ll—I’ll go to my apartment to change.”
“All right. I’ll come down and meet you for dinner. You can tell me all about it then.”
“Thank you, Father. Thank you.” On the plane going home, Ashley thought about the unforgivable thing Dennis Tibble had done to her.
“I’m going to have to go to the police,” she decided. “I can’t let him get away with this.”
“How many other women has he done this to?” When Ashley got back to her apartment, she felt as though she had returned to a sanctuary.
She could not wait to get out of the tacky outfit she was wearing. She stripped it off as quickly as she could.
She felt as though she needed another shower before she met her father. She started to walk over to her closet and stopped.
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