King of the Causeway: A King Series Story by Frazier T.M

Author:Frazier, T.M.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Frazier Publishing
Published: 2020-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

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“Mom?” Sammy asks, emerging from his bedroom, rubbing his sleepy eyes with his fists. “Where is Maxie?” Sammy asks, rubbing his sleepy eyes with his fists.

My entire body freezes, trapped in an iceberg of fear. King and I exchange a quick glance, and without hesitation, he darts down the hall. He comes back, looking tousled and frantic. His bright green eyes as wild as I’m sure mine are.

“She’s not in there,” he says, running through the kitchen. He checks every cabinet. Then the pantry.

“Nicole Grace?” I ask.

“Sleeping,” he replies.

I tug on Sammy’s hand and lower myself to his eye level. “Where did Maxie go, sweetie? Did you see?” I’m unable to hide the tremble in my voice.

He shakes his head.

King slowly raises his eyes to mine and answers the question the second they lock without saying a word. She didn’t go anywhere. She was taken.

“No!” I want to cry, but I don’t want to scare Sammy.

The screen door at the back of the house flaps in the wind, and King wastes no time running in that direction. I raise myself to my feet, and it takes forever because my mind is already at the back door with King.

“I don’t know where she went. I woke up, and she was gone,” Sammy says, following close behind.

King looks out the door in both directions. “Nothing. The door was open, but the screen door was shut. I’ll go check the garage and the treehouse. Maybe, it’s not what we think, and she’s just hiding.”

“I’ll go with you,” Preppy says.

King and Preppy run out into the rain which chooses that moment to open up onto the earth like the ocean is falling from the sky. If Max is out there in this…no. I won’t let my thoughts go there.

She’ll be fine. She has to be fine.

Sammy tugs on the sleeve of my sweater. “Will Maxie be okay?”

I brush his soft hair back on his head. “She’ll be fine. Daddy’s going to get her now. Why don’t you go sleep in Mommy and Daddy’s bed for a little while?”

He nods and pads sleepily down the hall, content with his mommy’s assurance that Max will be okay.

I really hoped what I told him wasn’t a lie.

Another contraction hits, and this time, I don’t breathe through it. Instead, I grit my teeth and wait for it to pass. When it does, I realize I can’t just stand there, so I recheck every possible hiding space in the house for Max but come up empty.

Another contraction hits me, and it’s so strong that when it passes, I find myself on my knees in the middle of the kitchen.

“Mommy!” I hear a small voice in the distance, and at first, I think it’s my imagination or the wind.

“Mommy!” It’s not the weather or my brain calling to me.

It’s my daughter.

Max’s cries are an adrenaline shot straight to my heart. I hope that King heard her, too, but I can’t rely on it. I have to get to her.

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