Holiday In Stone Creek. Linda Lael Miller

turned huffy again. “I wanted to tell Brad and Melissa that I’ve decided to look for Mom,” she complained. “And I couldn’t do it without you there.”

       Olivia sobered. “Pretty heavy stuff, when Brad and Meg had a houseful of guests, wouldn’t you say?”

       Ashley went quiet again.

       “Ash?” Olivia prompted. “Are you still there?”

       “I’m here.”

       “So why the sudden silence?”

       Another pause. A long one that gave Olivia plenty of time to worry. Then, finally, the bomb dropped. “I think I’ve already found her.”