CHAPTER TWELVE
The next few days went by mostly in a blur. The boys were having a blast, fishing and running amok on the property. They’d been blessed with fairly warm weather, which was pretty unusual for January, even in Texas. Addison immersed herself in work, trying to get caught up on everything she’d fallen behind on, in addition to the growing number of leads from the agency. When she wasn’t up to her ears in work, she threw herself into her family, going on hikes, and spending as much time with the boys as she could. In the evenings after dark, Patrick would start a fire, and they’d roast marshmallows, sip hot cocoa, and tell ghost stories until it was past bedtime for the boys. Once the boys were in bed, she read while Patrick worked, and then they’d sit and talk for a while abou
