Desperate Pursuit

"What's going on?" Stella hastily asked.

Hearing that something might happen to her father, she felt her heart racing quickly.

Martha scratched her messy hair. "I'm not sure either. I was at the store buying groceries when I saw your dad walking out with a knife. I asked him why he bought a knife, but he didn't even look at me. He just walked away angrily."

"He bought a knife and left?" She hadn't