Chapter 27

Three days later . . .

It was a miserable rainy Saturday afternoon. Catherine had called Cameron yesterday to check on him but he didn’t answer. And he didn’t return her phone call. That wasn’t like him, but she brushed it off, thinking he needed time alone and to rest. All this had to be taxing on him. That’s what she thought until Matt’s call.

“What do you mean no one knows where he is?” Catherine repeated, trying not to panic.

“I didn’t call you at first because I was trying to keep it quiet until I could find him on my own. But the rest of the family was starting to get suspicious yesterday. I had no choice but to tell them I haven’t seen or heard from Cameron since the day we came home from court.”

“Oh, no,” Catherine whispered.

He wouldn’t jump bail. He couldn’t. Everyone he knows is here. His family is here. His life is here. I’m here.

“He can’t get too far if he . . . dare I say it out loud jump bail. He h