Noah “Shari’s mom was damned prickly when I did find her. Said her daughter was in a treatment center in Europe for her health.” Ryker’s sarcasm as he says health is stroooong. “Her father wasn’t much better. I asked if he was sure she’s there and he said he pays fifteen thousand a month to keep her there. They send him a picture of her every week which he shared the most recent. And he visited her at Christmas.” He shows me a photo. I try to commit it to memory just in case. Her hair is the same black curly style that I recall. “Anyway, Strand is moving on from her and focusing on some guy that Twyla counseled his battered wife, helped her find the courage to leave him. He had to pay out a very large divorce settlement. Attacked his ex-wife six months later and almost killed her new boy