Chapter Twenty-Three
Paisley
“Um, I talked to him just last week. Surely, you've seen him around town since then?” I prompted.
I’d just started driving after Phoebe and Susannah dropped me off at my car at an exit near the highway where we’d met up before driving together for our shopping trip. I could practically picture my mother's face right then. There would be a little crease between her brows, and she would blink before she could press her lips together.
“I haven't seen your brother around town. And, you know, I'm worried,” my mother replied.
“Worried about what?” I countered, trying to keep my tone light while my gut was churning.
“A mother's intuition. I don't have any reason, but I just have a bad feeling about what's going on.”
“What's going on? I don't even know what you'
