Leigh Ann placed her hands over Sophie’s. ‘We don’t know if anything’s happened. It’s still possible she’s just trying to teach us all a lesson for not caring enough about what she was going through. I mean, really, we could all just be overreacting here.’

Sophie snorted and yanked her hand from beneath Leigh Ann’s. ‘You mean, teach me a lesson for not caring? And how is worrying about her overreacting?’

Leigh Ann blanched under the anger in Sophie’s voice. ‘That’s not what I meant, and you should know that.’

Holly twisted her hands together. ‘Listen, we all know Jersey can be dramatic, and maybe we could’ve been more understanding, but we can’t focus on that right now. All we can do is apologize when she comes home safe and promise to do better next time.’

Suddenly, Leigh Ann straightened up, excitement in her eyes and voice. ‘What about the Find-A-Friend app? Could we locate her that way? I can’t believe we didn’t think about that already!’ Her excitement was short-lived because Sophie knocked the idea out of play.

‘She doesn’t have it anymore. She deleted it when she discovered Beau was tracking her every movement. She couldn’t understand how he always seemed to know where she’d been and for how long until he left his phone out one day with the app open and her location blipping on the screen. She didn’t even know he’d downloaded the app onto her phone.’

Alyssa was careful to keep her expression neutral. If Jersey’s boyfriend hadn’t already been at the top of her list, this information would’ve just skyrocketed him there. ‘How long ago was that?’ She ignored the sharp look Holly shot her way. It was the look she wore when she accused Alyssa of using her ‘Detective-Mom’ tone.

Sophie considered the question. ‘A month ago maybe? Could’ve been a little more or less. I don’t really remember.’

Leigh Ann’s shoulders dropped. ‘Why didn’t Holly and I know about this? Wait… did you know?’

Holly shook her head. ‘I didn’t know, either.’

‘Should we put up flyers like we did for Isaac?’ Color rushed to Sophie’s face, and Alyssa was sure she hated bringing up the comparison.

‘I think that’s a great idea,’ she told her.

Sophie’s eyes swung to the window, and her shoulders dropped. ‘It’s probably too late for them to do any good tonight. But first thing tomorrow? You and Leigh Ann can come by my house, say around seven, and we’ll print some out and start putting them up?’

While the girls worked out the details, Alyssa moved into the living room. As she stood, she spotted Isaac standing in the doorway of the kitchen again, the same odd expression on his face that had been there earlier – thoughtful and curious at the same time. ‘Something on your mind, sweetie?’ she asked as soon as she was close enough to whisper.

His head jerked her way as if he hadn’t noticed her standing there, but since Alyssa knew he’d become hyper aware of his surroundings, she didn’t think that was what had startled him.