Ripples in the Night
High school sweethearts, separated by a decade and a dark secret, find their paths crossing again. A long-unsolved murder in rural Perry County resurfaces, drawing them into a web of conspiracy and danger. Can their rekindled romance survive the killer who is determined to keep the past buried, and them apart, forever?
High school graduation. The air hung heavy with the bittersweet scent of freedom and the impending separation from everything familiar.
Barlow held Pet close, the sound of her sobs a physical ache in his chest. Saying goodbye was harder than he'd ever imagined, especially when it meant leaving behind the girl he'd grown up with, the one who knew him better than anyone.
Later that night, walking home along the Juniata River, trying to decompress from the emotional farewell, an eerie glow in the water catches his eye. It leads him to a submerged car, a scene that will shatter his carefully constructed future and pull him back into the very past he's desperately trying to escape.
