Chapter 8: One Punch

The barn doors said IVY in dripping black letters. Eleven times. I counted, because counting is what my brain does instead of screaming. Under the last one, smaller, neat: RULE #1: DON'T FALL FOR THE CAPTAIN. Investigator Ortiz came out at one in the morning with a camera and a print kit. Preston had been served the protective order at four that afternoon. He'd done this at midnight. Eight hours after a judge told him to stay away. "That's a violation," Ortiz said. "That's an arrest, if...