CHAPTER 41
Jade had never been happier to find herself on the Glenn Highway, headed for home.
Dez knew Pastor Reggie’s kids from Sunday school, and she was happy to sit in the back of the van with them. With Reggie and his wife up front, that left enough space for Jade and Ben to sit side by side on the long drive back to Glennallen.
Reggie had a cough and was losing his voice. His wife was exhausted after a week in the Lower 48 with two little kids and was asleep about ten minutes into the drive.
Jade took advantage of the relative silence to think. At some point, it would probably hit her that she’d killed a man. She should also be more concerned that Sapphire was still alive. But right now, she was fixating on Christmas, wondering how she could move things around to find money for D
