Chapter 1. CHAPTER 1

It is such a unique sound, the crunch of gravel under tires. That's the sound Mike Keller heard, and he didn't like it much.

It wouldn't have been so bad except that it was his driveway. His new driveway. The driveway to the house he wished he wasn't moving into. Born and raised in Chicago, he had no desire to live in Texas—but here he was, the newest resident of East Creek, Texas, about an hour outside of Dallas. To him, it might as well have been an hour out of Podunk.

What in the world am I doing here? he thought as he and his son Billy drove down the short driveway to the three-bedroom rambler he'd rented sight unseen. The one thing he did like about the house was that it was cheap, cheap, cheap. Especially compared to what ...

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