CHAPTER 28
Jillian woke up with cramps and stared at the clock. Who was making so much noise at two in the morning? Was that one of the goats? It sounded like it was coming from outside.
She had to go to the bathroom anyway. Why hadn’t that pregnancy center nurse warned her about all this second-trimester spotting? Well, there’d be no way she could go back to sleep until the racket died down, so she got out of bed, pulled on some yoga pants and a sweatshirt, and headed to the downstairs bathroom. For a minute, she thought that maybe Grandma Lucy was in her rocking chair, so she made a quick detour to check, but the prayer room was empty and dark. She slipped on her shoes and used her cell phone as a flashlight as she made her way to the barn.
When she got outside, she confirmed the nois
