The Stolen Hearts Collection by Pam Hillman

Author:Pam Hillman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FICTION / Christian / Romance / Historical, FICTION / Christian / Historical
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2019-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

Thankful for the lantern he’d found stashed among the emergency supplies, Jake kept moving, searching for the children. His thoughts cleared, and memories long suppressed clamored for his attention. There were two or three logical places to stash the children. But he wouldn’t take any chances. He’d search every nook and cranny, just to be sure.

Systematically, he went from right to left, moving from one tunnel to the next, not leaving any area untouched. He slowed when he reached the scene of the explosion two years ago. He paused, forcing himself to look at the collapsed shaft to his right. The entire thing had imploded on itself, sealing everyone inside fifty feet below the surface of the mine.

He broke out in a cold sweat, not wanting to check the area, but the children’s safety demanded he leave no stone unturned. He climbed over the rubble. He’d gone another fifty feet before shifting rock and dirt blocked his way. He held the lantern high. The collapse wasn’t new, so tonight’s explosion hadn’t triggered it. The children couldn’t be in this part of the mine. Jake turned away, thankful he didn’t have to go down that particular tunnel and face the demons of his past.

Tunnels branched off in several directions. He took an opening on his immediate right. If memory served, it wouldn’t take long to search this area. There were a few more places he figured Gibbons might have left the kids, and he was anxious to check them.

He went down four more dead ends before staggering into a hollowed-out place half the size of the office at the jail. Fifteen or twenty boys and girls stared at him, their faces gaunt, eyes sunken in their heads. Silent. Scared out of their wits. Cold. And hungry.

Someone coughed, the sound loud in the stillness.

Jake lifted the lantern high so they could see his face. “I’m Jake Russell. I’m here to help you.”

To break the ice, he told them about Bobby, Jessica, and the little girl Luke had left at the orphanage.

Then he met Luke’s little brother, Mark.

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