Sawyer hung up the phone and tossed it back to Elizabeth without another word.
“Do you think that she will show up?”
He shook his head.
“Not for one second. But now I won’t blame myself if she gets herself killed, so I appreciate you making the suggestion.”
Elizabeth didn’t respond to him. She took the phone back downstairs and left it on the kitchen table for Jonas to find. They were all busy packing their things, and she didn’t want to disturb him – especially not when she would have to tell him that Francesca did not jump at the chance to join them.
She wondered if he would still be willing to leave, and what would happen to the rest of them if he decided he needed to be closer to Francesca, or to go back to the house to be with her.
It was too late for that tonight, at
