He wasn’t related to her in any way.
Forty-seven days earlier, he hadn’t even known she existed.
That night had begun like any other. Steel had closed his motorcycle repair shop late and started riding home along Highway 412, the quiet Oklahoma road stretching endlessly beneath the pale glow of the moon. The wind cut sharply against his jacket as the roar of his Harley echoed through the open fields.
Then he saw flashing headlights in the distance.
At first he thought someone had pulled over with car trouble. But as he got closer, the truth revealed itself in the worst possible way.