CHAPTER 35

Elliot felt a panic like no other when he came home to find Mandy missing and Mrs. H in hysterics.

“I was cleaning up the supper dishes, Mr. Brand. That is the only time that I wasn’t with her. How could I have left that poor girl alone? She could be anywhere out there in the freezing cold.”

Elliot was doing everything in his power to remain calm. But all he could picture was her wandering the lonely city streets. He had been a fool to react so harshly. He knew that...