"What?"
He looked seriously rattled. "I've gotta go."
Chase had a thing for crazy chicks. From the look on his face, his so-called date had just threatened to light the bed on the fire.Hey, it wouldn't be the first time.
I said, "So your date wants you back, huh?"
Chase shook his head. "It wasn't her. It was Veronica."
I froze. "Willow's nanny? Why wouldshebe texting you?"
"Because," Chase said, "she lost track of Willow, and she wants my help."
Chapter 57
Arden
Walking along the sidewalk, Cami pointed to the latest white two-story house. "Isthatit?"
Willow shook her head. "Nope."
Cami and I were walking side-by-side with Willow between us. Already, we'd traveled nearly half a mile and had passed at least ten houses matching that description.
Over Willow's head, Cami and I exchanged a look.
No doubt, she was thinking the same thing I was thinking.Maybe we should've called the police.
But for Willow's sake, we hadn't. Instead, we'd decided to escort her safely home and take it from there.
There was only one problem.We couldn’t seem tofindWillow's home.
It didn't help that she didn't know her own addressora family phone number. But shehadgiven us a description of where she lived.
According to Willow, she lived in big white house that had an upstairsanda downstairs. And she lived on the water.
It sounded simple enough. And yet, she hadn't recognized any of the houses we'd passed.
And by now, we'd passed plenty.
With a strained smile, Cami looked to Willow and asked, "Are we getting close?"
Willow was skipping along between us. Without missing a beat, she replied, "Nope."
The funny thing was, she seemed to be having a terrific time. I could see why, too.
Until just a couple of minutes ago, Cami had been entertaining both of us with a whole series of knock-knock jokes. But now, after twenty minutes of fruitless searching, even Cami had grown mostly silent.
Me too, and with good reason.
Someone was missing a kid.And if we didn't find out who, we'd need to do more than simply walk her home.And what if Willow was in some sort of trouble?
Between us, Willow said with a laugh, "Hey, I know. Knock knock."
Cami said, "Who's there?"
"Orange."
"Orange who?"
