Savy came into wakefulness with a jolt. There was a warm blanket around her body. Her aching body was curled awkwardly on the living room couch.
She must have fallen asleep here sometime in the night while she waited for word from Charlie. Her phone lay on the coffee table. There wasn"t a single alert of a missed call or new text.
Where was he? Where were the children? Her gut tightened into knots to think that Denny and Daria were still out there on the streets alone.
"Relax, my dear. Everything is as it should be."
Father Matthews sat across the room in an old rocking chair. His booted feet were entirely on the ground as he gave himself a little heave to rock forward and back. In his hand was an old bible. His smile was the same pleasant peacefulness Savy had come to know since she w
