Chapter 45
Jess
“Tom, I need you to meet me at the hospital. I need—I need you.”
“What’s wrong? Is it—is it the baby?”
“I’m fine. It’s not me . . . it’s Cora Morgan’s husband . . . Howard. He’s had a heart attack. Mum’s picking up Elodie from school.”
“Okay. I’ll meet you there.”
“Cora’s babbling, and I don’t know if I can handle her solo. She keeps saying . . . Christ, this is hard. I don’t know what to make of it. She thinks Carrie’s missing. She keeps saying she’ll follow him to the mountains and never return. Tom, tell me, did she say anything to you last night about someone she’s met?”
“Yes, she did, but . . .”
“What? Tom, what did she say?”
“She said something about someone called Matthieu. She was worried about him, wanted to find him. He lives in the mountains, in a cabin—”
“Oh shit.”
“Has anyone heard from her today?”
“I don’t know. I honestly don’t know.”