Chapter 5
ANIKA SLEPT LATE ON THURSDAY and took Megan to story time at the library. While Megan sat with the other children, she searched the internet for other job opportunities and babysitters, but she couldn’t find anything in Echo Ridge. Her car was too old to handle a commute outside city limits, and with the winter weather, it wasn’t a good idea for Megan’s recovering lungs to be out and about. When she thought of the possibility of losing her job at Kenworth’s her head throbbed and worry coursed through her veins. She hated feeling so close to the edge, like if she took one wrong step she’d tumble to the ground, pulling her unsuspecting child with her. Megan’s trust in her mother was innocent and complete just as it was in Santa Claus, with no idea how fragile that trust felt to An
