They’d put Bethany on a private jet back to her parents earlier, and it was time to unwind. If she could. But Jared had been gone for hours, and anxiety whispered awful thoughts to her. Sugar plopped on the lounge chair next to her. “Always wanted to come here on vacation. Think we’ll stay a few days.” She narrowed her gaze at Sarah chewing the end of her straw. “Relax. They’ll be fine. Both getting Brock out safely and working out their man crap.” “Maybe.” She gnawed on the straw, took another long sip, and gnawed again. She needed to focus on something entirely different. The men would be fine. Working herself up wouldn’t help a thing. “I think I’m going to find a job when I get home. Assuming Brock and I work out some details. No idea what he’s going to do, but the girls and I aren’t hiding anymore. They’ll be in school, I’ll be… doing something.” Sugar swallowed a huge gulp of her drink. “Yeah, about that. When you say home, it might be more figuratively than literally.”
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