A Game of COURAGE by Lena Hart

Author:Lena Hart [Hart, Lena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Maroon Ash Publishing
Published: 2017-05-29T16:00:00+00:00

It was late in the afternoon when Jules finally made it home. With her schedule finally cleared, her main goal was to head home and relax before she had to pick up Madison. She was a few minutes from her house when her cell phone rang.

She looked down the screen and recognized the number of her daughter’s private school.

“May I speak to Mrs. Courage?”

“Speaking,” Jules said as she found a spot on the side of the road to pull over.

“Mrs. Courage, this is Mrs. Wagner, the assistant principal at Saint Francis Academy. I’m not sure if you’re aware, but today was the start of the summer prep program for your daughter Madison, and we wanted to confirm that she would be joining us this summer?”

Jules frowned. “Yes, of course. My nanny dropped her off this morning.”

“Oh.” There was a brief pause before Mrs. Wagner continued. “There must have been some confusion, then, because we have her marked down as a no-show.”

“Should I be concerned?”

There was another brief pause before the woman spoke again. “I’ll double-check with the teacher your daughter was assigned to. In the meantime, could you confirm with your nanny that Madison was indeed brought in today?”

“Yes, of course.” Jules immediately hung up and called Carrie’s cell phone. Thankfully, she picked up on the second ring. “Carrie, is Madison with you?”

“No, I dropped her off at Saint Francis this morning.”

The hairs on Jules’ arms began to rise. “Are you sure? Because I just got a call from them, and they said Madison didn’t show up today.”

“What? That’s impossible. I dropped her off in the front of the building. There were teachers ushering the kids inside, and I saw her walk into the building with one.”

“You didn’t take her inside yourself?”

Carrie hesitated. “Um, no. Since there was a lot of staff around, I thought it was okay to just drop her off.”

Jules tried to hold on to her patience. Carrie wasn’t a mother, but she wouldn’t have guessed their nanny of three years would disregard that simple step.

But if Carrie didn’t have Madison and the school couldn’t find her, then where the hell was she?

“I’m headed to the school now.”

Jules ended the call and drove faster than she could ever remember driving. She rushed into the large building and went straight to the front office, her pulse racing.

“Please tell me you found my daughter?”

The short woman behind the desk was startled to her feet. “Mrs. Courage?”

Jules nodded, the lump forming in her throat, making it hard for her to speak.

A pained look flashed across the woman’s face. “Let me get the principal.”

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