Page 152 of Beyond the Blue Horizon
Asshole was nowhere to be found.
I let go of a disgusted chuckle.
It wasn’t like I had any proof there was even a reason to be hunting someone down.
It wasn’t like seeing a car twice in this small town was some kind of smoking gun. My gut the only thing telling me something was amiss. Thing was, my gut was usually right.
Same way as I hadn’t been able to drop the feeling that someone had been out on the motel’s property early this morning.
Releasing a heavy exhale, I gave up, turned around, and started back in the opposite direction.
Far too anxious to get back and check on things. To make sure Alicia and Lucy were safe and whole.
Get proof that I was just being paranoid.
But it was more than that.
I felt drawn.
An urge I couldn’t resist.
Aching to get back to Unit B.
Piper’s face bold and bright in my mind.
This woman who’d unknowingly become a beacon.
THIRTY
PIPER
“Mommy! You get back fromwook?”Warmth rushed me the second I stepped through the door to Finn’s adorable smile.
His little face lighting up the room from where he was playing with blocks on the floor.
He jumped up and bounced my way with his hands thrown over his head.
“I am home, my sweet boy. Did you miss me?” I asked as I maneuvered the mess of bags that had been in the backseat through the doorway, stomping off the snow that clung to my boots at the same time.
“I miss youdismuch!” Finn stretched his arms out wide.
My heart expanded in a fist.
Joy pulsing in a riot of extra beats.
Each one compelled by the hope that bashed at the fortified barrier where I’d kept it locked tight, like a high tide eroding the shore.
I knew I was in trouble when that hope was marred by the worry that spread through my consciousness when I noticed that Theo had made a sudden U-turn in the middle of town.
Something was wrong.
And as hard as I tried to fight it, I cared.
Cared in a way that was reckless and foolish.
Finn collided with me, and he wrapped his little arms around my legs. Tipping his head back, he beamed up in my direction. “I got happy hearts, Mommy.”
Mine just about exploded.
