Steven felt the disappointment of not seeing her and the satisfaction of knowing she was safe collide somewhere in his chest. Needing a distraction, he stood up and set the chair back the way he had found it. “I’ll be back to let you know when we’re done.”
“Wait!” the priest called when Steven opened the door. “If you should see her…”
“I’ll send her right to you,” Steven promised and walked out.
Closing the door, Steven shook his head and started down the hall. This floor was clean and he needed to catch up with Nick before something went down. Going downstairs, he looked around but couldn’t see Nick anywhere.
“All right, where in the hell did you go?” Steven muttered and started looking behind the closed doors.
He found the basement door ajar and could have slapped himself when he re
