CHAPTER 30
KENNEDY LOOKED OUTSIDE the window of Willow’s room while she waited for the call to go through. Star was outside, bringing eggs in from the coop.
“Merry Christmas. You’ve reached the Sterns.”
She stared at her phone to make sure she dialed the right number. “Ian? Is that you?”
“Yeah. Don’t sound so surprised. Knowing your mom, do you think she’d let a friend of yours spend Christmas all alone in a big, foreign country?”
“You’re at my parents’ again?” She still couldn’t get the picture to settle in her mind.
“Yeah. Your dad’s calling out merry Christmas in the background if you can’t hear him, but he and your mom are stuffing sausages or something like that so they can’t talk. Want me to put you on speaker phone?”
“No,” she answered quickly. “I’ll call back in a little bit
