CHAPTER 11
“I thought you were going to change into dry clothes,” Ben said when he found Jade rummaging through the Christmas pageant costumes in the storage closet downstairs.
“I will. Soon.” In a pile of shepherds’ garb, Jade spotted a splash of color that might have been one of her daughter’s barrettes. Tossing costumes haphazardly aside, she reached down to find it was only a fake jewel from a wiseman’s crown.
Ben’s voice was both firm and gentle. “You need to change your clothes and get warmed up. Then we can look around the church more.”
“She is really good at hide-and-seek.” Jade spoke the words as if she were trying to convince Ben of what they both knew was a lie. She couldn’t stop herself. “At the daycare, she’s always going around hiding in cabinets and drawers. Once she eve
