Chapter 65

“Where have you been? I’ve been going out of my mind.” Erica grabbed Alexander’s arm, her face pale and tense.

“Takeout, Ma.” Raven lifted the brown paper bag for her to see.

The twins shouted from the living room where they were playing games. “Yay! We’re starving.”

Alexander kissed Erica and whispered in her ear. “We found him. He’s safe.”

She clung to her husband, sinking into his arms with relief, making her legs weak. “Oh, thank God.”

Raven went about setting the table and getting drinks ready for their dinner while his parents talked. He worried about his brother, alone, in the cold warehouse where the temperature dropped to below freezing at night. He didn’t even have a blanket. As soon as everyone’s asleep, he would go and take some warm clothes and blankets to him. Maybe the two of them could then hit the road to Phoenix. He still had his father’s firearm in the glove compartment.

“Ugh! Bro! you know I don’t like chicken.” Nathan turned his nose up at the burger.

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