Chapter 41
Forty-One
Jenna stared at Jo. “My thoughts exactly. We need to move on this now.”
“Okay, we’ve got this.” Carter pulled out his phone. “I’ll call Jolene.” He made the call and a few seconds later he disconnected. “It went to voicemail but she lives with her mom. Maybe they’re out to dinner. I don’t have her mom’s number.”
“Lila is visiting relatives for the weekend.” Kane turned to a Jenna. “I’ll call Maya.” He made the call and frowned. “I’m getting a ‘not reachable’ message.”
Jenna looked at her friends. “We’ll need to split up. You go and hunt down Jolene; we’ll head out to the homestead and do a welfare check on Maya.” She looked at Kane. “I’ll grab our gear. We’ll leave Duke here in case Jackson wakes and starts fussing. Can you go ask Raya to watch the boys?”
“I’m on it.” Kane hurried away.
“I’ll leave Zorro here with Duke, in case Duke needs backup.” Carter grinned at her as he shrugged into his coat. “If Jolene’s not at home, where do you suggest we look?”
Jenna unlocked the gun safe and pulled out weapons.
“Everyone’s been stuck inside during the bad weather.
I suggest checking eateries in town. Try Aunt Betty’s first. That’s a favorite for that group of people.
They could be meeting some of the others there.
We could run down the list of the other members of the group and see where they are, but I think we’re wasting time. ”
“I agree.” Jo pulled on her jacket and checked the weapon in her shoulder holster. “If we can’t locate Jolene and her mom, we’ll try phoning everyone else in the group. They seem to have become a support group for each other, so it’s likely they’ll know if any of them have gone out for a meal.”
“Let’s go.” Kane took his holster belt and M18 pistol from Jenna.
Jenna nodded to Raya. “Thanks. Hopefully we won’t be long.” She hurried to the door.