The Long Ride Home by Marsha Hubler

Author:Marsha Hubler [Marsha Hubler ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780310429333
Publisher: Zonderkidz

Chapter twelve

Skye pulled out a chair and sat at the dining room table. She was convinced that if she didn’t, her wobbly knees would land her flat on the floor. “Aunt Millie, go ahead,” Skye practically yelled. “Tell me what’s happening.”

In the kitchen, Mrs. Chambers and Morgan worked in silence, listening.

“Skye,” Millie said, “this is unbelievable. Your mom has wanted to contact you—and me—for years, but she didn’t know how to do that and still keep out of sight from Jacy. She’s not computer savvy, so several years ago, she had a friend go on the same website as you did, but she had plugged in her new name with some scanty information. And it must have been before you entered your information, so she didn’t find you. Of course, nothing ever came of it—until last week when she had someone check again and there you were. When had you put your information on that website?”

“Just a few weeks ago,” Skye said. “And after we met you, I entered you, too. You mean she found me on that search engine?”

“Yes,” Millie said. “Since you had entered my name, e-mail, and phone number as your contact, she called me. With my crazy schedule, she was trying for well over a week. When she finally did get through to me, she said she didn’t want to leave a message because she wanted to make sure this was all legit, and that Jacy wasn’t behind a big scam to track her down. Skye, when I told her how I met you in June, she almost went nuts. She said she lives every day with the torture of giving you up so long ago, and she’d give anything to see you.”

“Where does she live? When can I meet her?”

“Hold on now,” Millie said. “As much as she wants to see you, there are some conditions.”

“Conditions?” Skye couldn’t believe what she had just heard. “What do you mean?”

“Skye, I tried to explain to her how you found Jacy in Gatlinburg and how he’s turned his life around and how me and him have been in touch, but she’s still running scared. She still doesn’t want him to know where she is.”

“But he’s a Christian now,” Skye said. “He wants to make things right.”

“I told your mom that,” Millie said. “I even told her how he’s married again and he’s holding a steady job and all, but—well—she’s just not ready to accept it yet.”

“So what do I have to do to talk with her? To meet her?”

“Skye, she wants you to call her on her cell phone, but under no circumstances are you to give that number to your father. Do you understand?”

“Sure, but—”

“And one other thing,” Millie added. “When you do contact her, she wants you to call her ‘Rita.’ She’s not willing to tell us her new name or where she lives or anything like that yet. It’s unreal, but after all these years, she’s still pretty shook up over what happened between her and Jacy.

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