CHAPTER 3
Before Jade could head downstairs to check on her daughter, Aisha hurried toward her. “Listen, I’m sorry about that trooper. I didn’t know he’d want to talk to you right away. I just kind of mentioned it in passing …”
Jade rolled her eyes, figuring it must be their differences that kept her and Aisha close. Jade had given up any desire for romance or even casual dating, but Aisha would flirt with anybody under the age of fifty. Men in uniform were one of her special weak points. Jade was certain that Ben’s trooper’s badge was all Aisha had to see to start fawning all over him, and what better way to snag his attention than to blab about some threatening note Jade received in the mail?
“Don’t worry about it,” Jade mumbled. She couldn’t afford to stand here all night and convinc
