In the bedroom Steve gave her one of his tee shirts and she went into the attached bathroom and changed. Once they were both ready, they crawled into bed. JV lay on her side with Steve lying behind her. She drifted to sleep feeling safe with his arm holding her against him.
Steve woke alone. Jade"s spot in his bed empty. He glanced at the clock. 2:13am. Too early for her to have gotten up for the day. He lay there a moment, waiting, thinking maybe she was in the bathroom. He realized the light was out and he couldn"t hear movement anywhere in the house. She couldn"t have left the house without him hearing it. He got up, pulled on a sweatshirt against the chill, and went looking for her. Room to room, he searched the dark house. After finding nothing on the first round, he started turning
