Wakening the Past: A Time Travel Romance (Medicine Stick Series Book 2) by Bartholomew Barbara

Author:Bartholomew, Barbara [Bartholomew, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“Wake up, sleepyhead.”

Even though the call wasn’t a loud one, the familiar voice penetrated into Hart’s sleep and she sat up, orienting herself to the fact that she was in a room in the lodge and her husband had already jumped from the bed and was ready for attack.

“Always the sheriff,” she murmured, “It’s only Serena Hudson. She’s staying here too.”

“Come on, Bobbi. Time for breakfast. It’s almost ten but I’m still on California time.”

Bobbi! She thought Bobbi was in here. Something was wrong.

Alistair was already pulling on the clothing he’d shed the night before and by the time she’d thrown on the bathrobe she’d left on her chair, he had on jeans and was at least decent enough to face company.

She flung open the door and Serena, still addressing herself to her granddaughter, stepped into the room, saying, “I’ll bet you girls sat up half the night watching . . .” As she took in the two towsled, half-dressed people, she stopped, her face flushing lightly. “Oh, I’m so sorry. I didn’t know you were here, Alistair.” She looked around. “But where is Bobbi?”

Hart felt suddenly sick in her middle and her mouth was so dry she couldn’t speak. Bobbi had left here hours ago to go to her Grandmother’s room. And she’d never gotten there.

She had to leave communication to Alistair. “Serena, Bobbi said goodnight to us a little before midnight and said she was going to join you.”

Serena stared at him. “You let that child go off by herself in the middle of the night?”

Hart understood. Sometimes utter fear triggered anger at whoever was standing closest. “She’s fourteen, Serena, and you were only a few doors away.”

“But what has happened to her? Where is my granddaughter?” Serena seemed caught between fury and terror. Hart understood because she felt the same way.

Alistair had already buttoned his shirt and put on socks and boots. Ignoring them, he was on the phone and she could hear that he was calling an alert to his deputies and ordering at least some of them to the lodge for a search.

“I’m going down to the front desk and see if she’d down there. Maybe she’s in the restaurant.”

For some reason, Hart didn’t place much faith in this possibility. “It would have been closed until this morning.”

“Maybe she didn’t want to disturb her grandmother and slept on one of the sofas down there.”

“I’m going with you,” Serena insisted. He nodded and the two of them left.

Panicked, Hart said a silent prayer. Somehow she felt really bad about this and she didn’t know quite why. Bobbi had already shown that she was very capable of independent action. She had run away from friends and family to come here. But still, somewhere within her, she felt a rising fear.

She rushed to pull on a pair of jeans and a knit shirt. As she was tying her shoes, she thought to grab a coat. It was cold outside and somehow she knew that was where she must go to look for Bobbi.

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