Holiday Homecoming. Jean C. Gordon
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Название: Holiday Homecoming
Автор: Jean C. Gordon
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Короткие любовные романы
Серия: Mills & Boon Love Inspired
isbn: 9781474046343
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“I went upstairs to see if Hope wanted to come back down and help decorate the tree and I couldn’t find her. I think she went up to the attic. Someone left the ladder down.”
“Did you look for her there?”
“No, you have to climb a ladder. Remember, I’m afraid of ladders.”
Amelia had fallen off the ladder to the hay mow when she was a toddler and broken her arm. But it surprised Natalie that she still had a fear of ladders.
“Does Co— Pastor Connor know?”
“No, I didn’t want to tell him. We said we’d watch her.”
“Where’s Aimee? Can she check the attic?” She hated that she couldn’t stop herself from coming up with ways to avoid going upstairs where Connor was.
“She went with Autumn to get some more tree boughs.”
“Okay, I’ll look in the attic.” If Hope wasn’t there, she was probably in Connor’s office with him. It was unlikely she could have come downstairs and gone outside without anyone noticing.
Natalie put the unopened water back and walked unnoticed through the living room and upstairs, giving her second thoughts about Hope not being able to slip outside. Her heart pounded as she passed the closed door that must be to Connor’s office. Afraid that Hope wouldn’t answer if she called up to her, Natalie climbed the ladder. “Hope,” she said as she stepped from the ladder into the room.
“Natalie?” Connor’s voice came from behind a stack of boxes on the other side of the room.
Her heart slammed against her chest. “Amelia told me she thought Hope was up here.”
Connor crisscrossed the maze of boxes and furniture to her. “She told me the same thing, and that she’s afraid of ladders.”
“The ladder part may be true.”
“Let’s get out of here,” he said in as angry a tone as she’d ever heard from him.
Before they could move, the inner trapdoor slammed closed, followed by a muffled giggle.
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