by Regan Black
“No, I haven’t heard anything about that.” The sheriff narrowed his eyes. “Why do you ask?”
Though Jason briefly considered filling him in on the truth, he decided against it. Until he knew exactly what Lucy might be up against, he didn’t plan on letting anyone know about her.
He gave a casual shrug. “I’m working on a story,” he said. “I really can’t share the details.”
As usual, that answer worked. Everyone knew he was a reporter.
“Let me check really quickly,” Sheriff Jeffords said. He spent a moment or two typing on his computer, clearly searching some database. “Nope. We’ve got an Amber Alert, but unless the missing female is fourteen years old, I’ve got nothing.”
Jason hadn’t actually thought it would be that easy. He nodded. “Thank you for your time.”
“No problem.”
They shook hands again and Jason left. Instead of wandering the other side of Main Street, he decided to pick up a few more provisions and head back home. The food he’d bought earlier would be enough to last him a week or two, but he hadn’t been factoring in feeding another person. His experience with snowstorms in the mountains had taught him it was better to be prepared.
As he shopped the small grocery-general store, this time doing some hasty meal planning inside his head, he couldn’t help but wonder if Lucy would still be there when he returned home. Just in case, he purchased some generic clothing items, staying away from things like bras and shoes, where he’d need to know an actual size. Luckily, the bored teenager working the cash register didn’t know him and couldn’t have cared less about his purchases.
Satisfied, he found himself whistling as he drove home. He did enjoy a good mystery, especially one in as pretty of a package as Lucy.
Copyright © 2020 by Karen Whiddon
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