Lost and Found by Colleen Coble

Author:Colleen Coble
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook, book
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2013-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

THIRTEEN

“I can’t just sit here and stare at the phone like Grandma. It’s creepy.” Emily lay back on her bed, clutching her Phantom of the Opera pillow to her chest. “She’s not talking or watching the news or anything, just looking at the phone.”

“Well, her daughter is missing. I bet she’s really scared and freaked out. Think how scared you’d be if Sherlock was missing and there was nothing you could do.” Olivia’s voice sounded so calm over the phone. Just what Emily needed at the moment, somebody to be calm and sane when it felt like her world had turned upside down.

“Dad’s really upset I didn’t tell him about Marika.” She should have told him. She should have asked to speak to him privately and they could’ve stepped away from the table with Timmy. Better yet, she should’ve told Dad about Marika on the day of the fire. She should have done a lot of things differently. If she had, maybe Naomi would be at home, making them apple cider and snuggling with Charley.

“Well, you would’ve told him tonight, right?”

“Well . . . maybe. It’s a little late to tell him now, though.” If Marika had Naomi, it’d be all her fault.

Just like Drake.

Because of her, two people were missing. Maybe she was bad luck.

“You can’t change the past. As bad as Marika is, at least you know about her. Apparently, I can’t even find out about my birth mother and my past.”

“Inetta will uncover something. At least you know your birth mother’s name.” Emily stared at the clock on her desk. “Why hasn’t Dad called?”

“They probably just haven’t had time.”

“Hang on, let me text him.” Thank goodness for smartphones that could text while on a call. Emily quickly sent a text, then went back to her call with Olivia. “I sent a status update request to him and Bree.”

“I’ve been praying, Em.”

“Me too.” God, please let them find Naomi okay. “Charley’s home and he misses her, I can tell. It’s like he knows something’s wrong.”

“Does he seem to be okay?”

“Yeah. Better than okay. He doesn’t look sick at all.”

A beep sounded.

“Hang on, I’ve got a text.” She opened the message from her father: nothing yet

“Dad says there’s nothing yet.” Emily sat up, tossing the pillow aside. “I can’t just sit here, Liv.”

“You don’t have much choice. It’s not like Sherlock’s ready to go on a SAR. We just have to keep praying and waiting. Want me to ask my mom if I can come over to hang with you for a while? I bet she’d let me.”

But Emily’s mind was already racing. “Sherlock’s not, but Charley is.”

“What are you talking about?”

“What you said . . . Sherlock isn’t ready to go on a SAR.”

“Right.”

Emily glanced at the picture of her family on her desk, focusing on Naomi’s smiling, sweet face. “Charley’s fully trained.”

“He just got back from the vet hospital.”

“And he’s perfectly fine.”

“No, Em.”

“I can use Charley and search for Naomi.”

“Bree and Samson are already searching. You know Samson’s the best there is.

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