Lowcountry Stranger (Sweeney Sisters Series Book 2) by Ashley Farley

Author:Ashley Farley [Farley, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Leisure Time Publishing
Published: 2016-07-01T00:00:00+00:00

Twenty

Faith

Faith felt another whopper migraine coming on. As the company’s accountant, her primary duties included balancing the books and paying the bills. Sam made juggling the rest of the operations look easy. But Faith had quickly become overwhelmed with the burden of it all. The credit card machine wasn’t working properly. One of the refrigerator units was making a strange noise. And it was nearing one o’clock but the wine distributor who arrived like clockwork every Friday morning had yet to show up.

Mike had dropped Bitsy off an hour ago on his way to work. They’d spent the morning together at the hardware store buying supplies for their weekend project—a backyard playhouse for Bitsy. They’d eaten an early lunch at the Sonic Drive-In and gone to Sandy’s for an ice cream cone afterward. Mike reported that Bitsy had been in a great mood all morning, but her spirits plummeted once she arrived at Sweeney’s and discovered Annie was not there. Faith had put her daughter to work refilling the bins on the vegetable carts, but every five minutes or so, Bitsy tugged on the hem of Faith’s shorts and whined about wanting to see Annie. As much as she wanted to be the calming influence her daughter needed, her patience was quickly growing thin.

Faith finished up with a customer and nudged Jamie who was working the fish counter, standing by patiently while a lady decided between grouper and salmon. “Keep an eye on Bitsy for me,” Faith whispered. “I need to get some Advil out of the back.”

While searching the desk for the office supply of Advil, she stumbled upon Sam’s black-leather card file that housed all the contact information for their business associates. She swallowed three Advil with the cold coffee from the mug on her desk and took the card file back to the front.

She waited for Jamie to finish ringing up his fish lady. “Does your mom usually call in an order to the wine supplier, or does he come automatically? We’re running low on several varieties. We’ll be out completely by the end of the weekend if he doesn’t restock today.”

Jamie thought about it for a minute. “I’m not sure. He’s usually here by now. Why don’t you call her?”

“I’ve been trying all morning. She hasn’t returned any of my calls or texts.”

“Let me try.” Jamie pulled out his phone and held it to his ear. “That’s weird. The call went straight to voice mail. Mom never turns off her phone.”

“I’m beginning to get worried. We haven’t heard anything from anyone in Charleston about Mack.” Faith removed her phone from her apron. “I’ll call Jackie.”

Faith could barely hear her sister when she answered. “Why are you whispering?” she asked.

“Because Mom and Annie are asleep in the backseat,” Jackie said.

“Why haven’t you called us? How’s Mack?” Faith retreated to the corner of the showroom, away from a cluster of noisy customers.

Jackie gave her a brief update on Mack’s condition. “We’re on our way home to get some clothes.

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