Safe and Sound by Fern Michaels

Author:Fern Michaels
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2018-10-21T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Ben Ryan watched Alexis in the bathroom mirror as she snipped at his curly hair. He watched it fall to the floor, his eyes wide in shock. “I didn’t think my hair had gotten so long. I guess I should have realized how fast it grows over the summer months.”

“If it’s okay with you, Ben, I’m going to send all this hair to a friend of mine who makes wigs for cancer patients.”

“Oh, absolutely, that is okay. I wonder why I never thought of that. Probably because . . . because I never . . . that’s sad,” he finished up, just as his cell phone gave off a zippy little ditty. “Someone is calling me! My first phone call on my new phone! Do you believe that?” Ben asked as he rummaged in his pocket for the phone Isabelle had bought him. Thinking it was Isabelle, Ben grinned, and playfully said, “How’s it hanging, Izzy?”

A second later Alexis heard the happiest squeal she’d ever heard in her life. She laid down the shears when she heard, “Granny! Is it really you? Are you okay? I’m okay! I’m getting a haircut, and we’re going to donate my hair to someone Alexis knows who makes wigs for cancer patients. Where are you? When will I see you? Can I live with you again? It’s really you! I’m sorry I didn’t catch on sooner. These ladies are all nice, and there are five dogs here! Five, Granny, and they like me. They sleep with me, and boy, are they warm and cozy. The food is so good, and there’s lots of it. I’m not one little bit hungry. Maggie is buying me some new clothes. When you come back, you will have to pay her back. My underwear was too tight,” Ben babbled, breathlessly but happily.

Alexis walked to the kitchen door, the dogs in tow, just as Myra, Annie, Kathryn, and Yoko drove into the courtyard. She quickly explained that Eleanor Lymen was on the phone with her grandson. “I wanted him to feel free to be who he is with her,” Alexis said as she crossed her arms over her chest to ward off the brisk wind. “You should have heard him. He was just like a normal little boy, all excited about talking to his granny. He sure does love her,” Alexis said as she remembered her own granny and the special bond they had growing up on the farm where she was raised.

The women all nodded as they remembered their own grannies. “The houses on the Circle were trashed, especially Mrs. Lymen’s. Obviously, the boy wasn’t there, so they, the intruders, were also looking for something besides the boy. They didn’t find the safe in the linen closet, however. All three doors to all three houses were broken, so we need to see about their getting repaired as soon as possible,” Myra said. “So, to sum it all up, we have to assume the Ryans know Ben is

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