CHAPTER 14
Aisha and Mrs. Spencer had both gone home, so it was Ben who was left to do what he could to soothe Jade’s nerves.
“It’s going to be all right,” he assured her. “We’ve got someone in Palmer on their way to speak with Richardson right now. They’re going to contact us as soon as they find anything out.”
Ben sat patting her hand. It was a silly, fruitless gesture, but she couldn’t find the words to ask him to stop.
“I’m so sorry you’re going through this.”
She’d lost track of how many times he’d said this or something similar. If he was so sorry, why wasn’t he doing more to get her daughter back? She gritted her teeth, hating how out of control she felt.
“I went through something a little similar. I know it’s not the same thing as missing a child.” Whatever Ben was going to s
