The Restoration Collection Books 1-4 by Terri Blackstock

Author:Terri Blackstock [Blackstock, Terri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Thrillers
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2014-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

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IT WAS GROWING DARK BY THE TIME THEY GOT BACK TO their garage, and Doug had begun to feel the effects of his wound and his sleepless night. They pulled their bicycles into the garage, closed and locked it. Deni met them at the door.

“There’s a ransom note, Dad! With a lock of Sarah’s hair!”

Aaron shot inside. “Where?”

Deni handed it over. “Some kid said a man paid him a nickel to deliver it to our house. It came about half an hour ago.”

Aaron took the envelope and pulled out the tendril of hair. He swallowed hard, then pulled out the letter and held it under the light. Kay came in with Marie and the kids. Marie’s eyes were swollen and red.

Allen read over Aaron’s shoulder, then wilted. “He wants 200 dollars, tonight at 11:30.”

Aaron’s face came alive. “And he’ll give her back?”

“Maybe, maybe not,” Doug said.

Aaron snatched the note away. “I want to take it to him. I want to take the money.”

“No,” Doug said. “That’s out of the question. I’ll take it.”

Aaron stood straighter. “But she’s my sister! Besides, you’re already hurt.”

“I’ll take it,” Allen cut in. “She’s my granddaughter.”

“No,” Aaron said. “Moe doesn’t know you. He’ll think you’re the cops. And Sarah doesn’t know you, either.”

“It has to be me,” Doug said. “I know them both. He’s probably expecting me.”

“It could be a trap,” Kay blurted. “You shot him, Doug. He may just want to get even. We have to get Sheriff Scarbrough.”

“No!” Aaron cried. “I won’t let you. He said he would kill her. We have to do it his way.”

“We can’t trust him, Aaron,” Doug said. “He’s a criminal, a kidnapper.”

“I don’t care! There’s a chance that Sarah’s okay.”

Doug turned to Jeff. “Son, go to the sheriff’s department and send someone after Sheriff Scarbrough.”

“No!” Aaron screamed. “You can’t do that! He said he’d kill her!”

Doug stooped in front of the boy. “Aaron, listen. We’ll do this smart. We’ll have the police hiding. He won’t see them. He’ll think we did it his way.”

“What if he knows? What if he’s watching the house and he sees the sheriff coming? What if he kills Sarah?”

Doug thought that over. The boy was right. He looked up at Jeff, who waited in the doorway. “Jeff, tell the sheriff to meet us behind the abandoned Shell Station on Keisler Street in an hour. Ask him not to bring his van. It’ll attract too much attention.” He took the ransom note from Aaron’s hand. “Take this to him.”

Jeff took the note. “What about the money, Dad? We don’t have two hundred dollars.”

Doug shook his head. “We still have one hundred dollars of our money.”

Allan pulled out his wallet and counted his own bills. “I have thirty dollars. How are we going to get the rest?”

Doug took the thirty dollars. “Maybe the sheriff can come up with it. If not, we’ll start asking the neighbors.”

“I’ll ask him,” Jeff said, then he hurried out to find the sheriff.

“I have to take the money to him,” Aaron said.

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