For hyacinthian and the prompt: Jarod/Miss Parker and happy ending.
Three a.m. The phone rings.
"I found my mother."
She remembers his desperation on the island, his distress at once again being so close only to lose Margaret. She thinks of her own mother, and how there are memories of bedtime stories and hugs and kisses that Jarod will never have.
It's not often she feels guilty. Jarod seems to have this effect on her.
Margaret knew her mother, she thinks. There are so many questions she could answer.
She hardly dares ask.
Her fingers tighten on the receiver, and when Jarod says he'll meet her, her heart feels light.