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Jack sat with him all day. Dougie looked sick to think Jace left him. When he came out an hour after his appointment, the pickup was gone. That was nearly eight hours ago. Miller bought him a Happy Meal and let him hang out in his office while he waited.
“How about I run you out to the farm and see if he just forgot?” Jack asked, glancing at his watch again and frowning. “I don’t mind taking you home.”
Dougie fumed. “My brother’s coming.”
“Son, your brother must have gotten distracted. It happens.”
“Not to Jace. He wouldn’t leave me.”
“We have to go and pick up Sara too. The Alton’s said he hasn’t been by there. Mrs. Alton got off work at three. Your sister hasn’t heard from him.”
Dougie didn’t want to leave the last place he saw his brother. He knew something was wrong the minute he walked outside the sheriff’s office and Jace wasn’t there. He let Miller feel like a big shot by giving him and his sister a ride anyway. His young face was tight with worry. The feeling something was wrong stayed with him long after Mr. Miller saw him and his sister home.
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