Chapter 6
Three days later
April skipped to the car and yanked open the backdoor. Linus trailed a step or two behind her, eyeing the thick blanket of clouds with worry. So far they’d gotten lucky with the forewarned winter storm creeping along at a slow pace. He prayed it continued to dally, at least for another couple of hours, long enough for him to retrieve his brother-in-law from the hospital and get him safely home. The last thing Linus wanted to worry about was another accident.
By the time he reached the minivan, April was sitting in her seat waiting to be buckled in. He knew she was old enough to do it herself, had even be present when she told her mom she was a big girl, but his sister countered that it was always better to let an adult do it.
“Are we going to take daddy to lu
