Chapter 14
Jack picked up his glass of beer the waiter brought for him while he waited for Charlotte and finished his drink with Peter. Aurelia had joined them for a few minutes and told him the plans she had for the store and how Charlotte had left fast.
He worried that something was wrong so he quickly set up a time to meet Aurelia in the morning, before any papers were signed, and then rushed to find Charlotte.
He shoved his hands in his pockets and scanned the hotel conference room.
She wasn’t there. She wasn’t in the lobby. Not in the bathroom. Not anywhere that he could find.
His shoulders tensed and he decided to go upstairs to see if she’d returned to their room.
If she'd left the hotel entirely, he’d drive to her store to see if he could find her. He had to find her. She’d n
