Happy Ever After in Christmas by Debbie Mason

Author:Debbie Mason
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2016-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Hey, are you okay? How’s Bill? I was going to—” Jill began before Sawyer cut her off.

“Where are you?”

Her hands tightened on the wheel at the rough rasp of his voice, praying he wasn’t going to tell her that Bill died. “Couple minutes from the station. I have to—”

“No, don’t. Just come home, okay?”

“Sure, of course,” she said, almost certain now that Bill had died. But she couldn’t bring herself to ask. Sawyer sounded like he was barely holding it together. “Is there anything you need? Can I—”

“Jill, I need you…” He trailed off, and she heard him speaking to someone. The words were muffled as though he’d covered the phone. But it sounded as if someone was crying in the background. He came back on the line. “Just hurry up and get here.” He swore under his breath. “Just get here as fast as you can.”

“Less than ten minutes away now. Hang in.” She disconnected, wondering if she should call her brother or Sawyer’s mother. Bill’s death would affect him deeply. Whether Sawyer would admit it or not, the older man was like a father to him. She decided to hold off to see how he was doing first. Knowing her brother and Sawyer’s mother, they’d jump on the next flight out if they thought he needed them.

She wished she would have been there for him when he got the news. Or at the very least called as soon as she got his message. But she hadn’t had a chance to respond when court recessed for lunch because the prosecution wanted to review her testimony.

As Jill turned onto Sugar Plum Lane, she saw Gage’s white Suburban parked in front of the house along with another patrol car. Several people were running into the backyards of the houses on either side, including Skye. Gage came out of the house followed by a pale and obviously distraught Sawyer, who was raking his hand through his hair. Annie was there, too, her arms wrapped around her waist, shaking her head when Gage spoke to her. Jill’s heart started to race, as though her body already knew what her mind refused to believe.

As she pulled behind the Suburban, Gage and Sawyer turned. She saw the look on Sawyer’s face and her body went hot, then cold, then weak with fear.

He was missing. Little Jack was missing.

A wave of nausea rolled over her. She pressed her lips together, breathing slowly through her nose, ordering the confusion from her brain. Get out of the damn car. Move. The door opened. She looked at her hand, surprised to find it had obeyed her command.

“It’s going to be okay, Jill. We’ll find him.”

She lifted her eyes to Sawyer, her heart twisting at the grim expression on his face, the fear in his eyes. “How…” Her throat was too tight and too dry to say more. She swallowed. “How long has he been gone?” She finally managed.

Sawyer reached in and helped her from the Jeep. “At least an hour.

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