Light the Dark: A Carolina Moon Christmas Novella by Christy Barritt

Author:Christy Barritt [Barritt, Christy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: River Heights
Published: 2016-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Hope managed to drift to sleep for a little while. There was something warm about the office. But there was also something disconcerting about being here. Even though she’d checked the door over and over again and made sure it was locked, she still couldn’t quite feel at ease. The idea of being caught here was too strong in her mind, too vivid.

Finally, she put her legs on the floor, feeling guilty doing so. She needed to keep them raised. But what was she supposed to do? It wasn’t like she had people to take care of her.

Luke’s face flashed in her mind. He had been taking care of her. And he’d been going above and beyond. Honestly, he warmed her heart and made her believe in people again. All she’d felt lately was betrayal and hurt. But he’d shown real, genuine kindness.

Something about the thought clutched her heart. Luke was one of the good guys. Maybe there was a God, and maybe He was watching out for her. How else could she explain how she happened to wander into the house of such a gentleman? And a doctor, at that?

She rubbed her eyes and stood. She’d been eyeballing the computer on his desk all day. One thought—one person—had been rushing through her mind all day. Jackie Stephens.

Jackie, her best friend, had let Hope borrow her car. Hope wondered how her friend was doing. What if she’d put Jackie in danger? Hope could hardly stand the thought of it.

Suddenly convicted, she rushed to the computer. She sat down and tapped the keyboard. To her delight, the screen blinked on.

Hope had known from the moment she left that logging into any of her online accounts would only spell trouble. Knowing Raul and his men, they were monitoring her every move in whatever way possible. That included through the Internet, and it was also the very reason she’d left her phone at her Georgia home.

Did they know she was in this area? How would they?

She’d thought it through before, but she couldn’t help but think about it again. They’d probably assumed she’d gone south down to Florida. After all, there were so many places she could have hidden out there. Instead she’d gone east, through Georgia, South Carolina, and into North Carolina. There was no way they’d know she was here in Hertford.

A sudden thought hit her. Jackie’s car had one of those electronic passes on it, the ones used for easy, fast lanes at the tolls. If they figured out she’d taken Jackie’s car, they could access that information and find her.

Fear suddenly felt real and like a mass inside her.

She had to figure out if they’d realized the Jackie connection.

She rubbed her lips together. Luke wouldn’t mind if she used his computer . . . she hoped. Her hands trembled as she pulled up an Internet browser. Thankfully, it opened without a password.

Her thoughts felt like they traveled through gel as she tried to figure out her next move. As if to prompt her into action, Jace gave her a firm kick in the side.

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