Chapter 23
Jo and Cadon stepped out of the way as a flurry of longtime LIGHTS members from the US rushed to the door to greet Heather. There were hugs and cheek kisses all around, lots of questions about where she’d been, what she’d been doing, and why she’d been MIA, as well as plenty of comparisons to people’s parents. It wasn’t until Elliott said, “We searched half of Africa looking for you! Were we even on the right continent?” that some indication of what had become of Heather leaked out.
“Africa?’ the blonde asked. “Hell, no. I ain’t been in Africa for years. Too damn bright down there.”
“Bright?” Mandy, Elliott’s daughter, who clearly didn’t remember Heather and had a similar reaction to Jo’s when the cowgirl had declared she, “looked just like her mama,” questioned as she stood
