Special Delivery by Abby Tyler

Author:Abby Tyler [Tyler, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Casey Shay Press

Chapter 14

Louisa knew Jack was not in a great mood when he stormed back into the waiting room with Ella.

At least the baby was sleeping peacefully.

No words were needed as they carefully transferred Ella to the carrier in hopes of keeping her asleep for the ride home.

Louisa held the pacifier in the baby’s mouth while Jack clipped the straps together.

Only when they had successfully locked the carrier in Jack’s truck did Louisa finally venture to ask, “How did it go?”

“She’s trying to be mother of the year,” Jack answered, jerking his own seatbelt in place.

“How so? I mean I’m assuming she was happy to see her.”

“Oh, yes, she was trying to show her off until the guard told her to sit down. She was full of talk about how she’s going to get her life together for the baby when she gets out.”

“That’s good, right? It’s what we want—your sister to be healthy and a mother to this baby.”

“I think that’s a pipe dream for everyone involved,” Jack said. He started the truck with a roar.

“Why? I mean, I don’t know much about addiction or how people pull out of it, or if they ever completely do. But it seems to me that with a little structure, and the support of you—and maybe even me—as she transitions, maybe she could pull this off.”

Jack turned to look behind him as he shot out of the parking space. “Jenica has no marketable skills. She barely graduated high school. She’s done nothing but illegal activities every time she’s gotten out. She’s been a drug mule. A distributor. And mostly just a junkie.”

“But how did she get that way? Maybe if she got some help about whatever led her into addiction in the first place, it would help her not go back in.”

Louisa didn’t expect the explosiveness of Jack’s reaction. He slammed his palm against the steering wheel so forcefully, Louisa quickly turned around to make sure he had not awakened Ella.

“You don’t have any idea what you’re talking about,” he said. “So just drop it.”

Louisa stared out her side window as the truck quieted after his outburst.

No, she didn’t know. But maybe she should. Maybe whatever made Jenica go off the deep end and turned Jack into a stiff, angry jerk was one and the same.

Louisa aimed to figure it out.

She felt pretty secure in her job with Jack. Even if he wanted to fire her, he would have trouble finding someone else.

Besides, Louisa had never been the sort of person who held back when she had something to say. And right now, she had plenty.

But she did give him a moment to calm down. This visit had been hard for him, that was clear. And while she really wasn’t up to the task of being a soothing figure in his life, she was in a good position to help him see the negative turn of his thoughts.

Anybody who looked at the situation from the outside could see that the biggest asset that Jenica Stone had in her life was her brother.

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