Chapter 16
She slid the bus through the slush, handed out the chocolate Santas and said goodbye to everyone until the New Year. She got home with a treasure of cards, and gifts of soaps and chocolates. She went through the handwritten messages and drawings. How she would have loved a child. Surely she was too old now and she’d tried with her husband during their marriage. Everything still worked and she’d just gone for it with Max. She could dream couldn’t she?
It was mid-afternoon when she got an SMS from Jack Miller.
“You’re on the team. Come in regular civilian dress at midnight. We go in at 4:00 a.m. Get some sleep.”
She called Max. He was going to be at his depot.
“How are you going to get your trucks loaded once you lose all your staff?”
“This close to Christmas everything is a
