Having seen enough magic in her day, Ginny remained calm and focused on being a mother first. “You found no evidence of foul play on the road over here, right?”
“No, we saw nothing unusual, and I don’t know for sure if the magical creature had even found them. I just thought that they’d be here by now.”
From the back of the house, they both heard barking. Ginny yelled, “Martha, can you get Hunter? He went out with your father this morning.”
Martha ran past the kitchen toward the back door. “Okay, Mom.”
A bewildered Jeremiah entered the kitchen and read my expression. “No news?”
“They’re not back yet.” I tried to calm down, but I had lost Phoebe before, and I did not want to lose her again.
From upstairs, I heard the other Radley children running through the house. Ruth, Sarah, and Te
