Walker looked at her and wagged his tail.
He was glad.He liked making new friends.
Chapter27
Maggie sat at the picnic table and glanced over at Walker.
She smiled as the old dog chased rabbits in his sleep.
After the Old Cowtown Museum, they had discovered a park on the outskirts of town.It wasn’t busy so they had grabbed some burgers from a fast-food joint and grabbed a blanket out of the van.For the next few hours, they had a picnic and let Walker explore the different scents in the area.
Afterwards they stopped by the grocery store and picked up a couple of steaks to grill.
Maggie stood and headed to the grill to check on the steaks.Her stomach growled at the heavenly aroma.
She sat back down and pulled out her phone and opened Facebook.After seeing the post about Cindy, she had joined several Facebook camping groups.She needed to make sure there were no more posts about Cindy.She didn’t want Tony to track them down.
After browsing through the groups, she didn’t find any mention of a missing girl named Cindy.
She glanced back at the bathrooms.No sign of Cindy.
She pulled out her bag and dug around until she found Cindy’s driver’s license.She had not remembered to give it back to her when they met.She looked at the address and typed in her last name and address into the search bar on her phone.
Three names came up.Maggie then typed the names into Facebook to see if she could find a match.
There were several Millers in the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas.Maggie began clicking on the profiles of each one.She stopped when she came across a woman who looked a lot like an older version of Cindy.
Joy Miller.
She clicked on her profile.
Joy had not posted in a while.The last photo she posted was one with Joy, her husband Mac, and Cindy.The caption read, “Remembering better times.”
Maggie looked up.Her gut was telling her to message Joy and tell her where Cindy was.But she also knew Cindy would be furious with her if she did.
She glanced over at the bathrooms and then down at Walker.“What do I do?I’m afraid if I don’t do anything, Tony is going to catch up to us and convince Cindy to go back to him.Something bad is going to happen to her if she goes back.I just know it.”She squeezed her eyes shut.
“Knowwhat?”Cindy tilted her head to the side and dabbed her wet hair with the towel.
Maggie quickly turned her phone off and smiled.“Nothing.I was just rambling to Walker.”
Cindy looked at the dog and smiled.“I think he really enjoyed the museum today.It was funny watching him interact with those horses.”
Maggie rubbed Walker between the ears.The dog lifted his head.“You made some new friends, didn’t you, boy.”
Cindy pointed to the van.“I’ll head inside and make the salads.”
Maggie stood and headed over to the grill.“Perfect timing.The steaks are almost done.”
Cindy headed inside the van, leaving Maggie alone with her decision to contact Cindy’s parents or not.
In the end, Maggie decided to wait until Estes Park before sending Joy a message.
Chapter28
They had been driving for hours, and Maggie needed to get out and stretch her legs.They were ten minutes out from Estes Park, and she was anxious to get to her campsite and set up.
“It says on the website that you have to order your tickets for the Rocky Mountains online, and you will be notified if you get in.”Cindy glanced over at her.She’d let the girl borrow her phone so she could look up the information for visiting the Rocky Mountain National Park.
