Chapter 6

Loose Ends

The first head that poked into Sara's room the day she was to be discharged was a dark one and Sara suddenly found herself having to remember to breathe.

"Bekki." Nick looked up from where he was putting Rescue, the dog Lindsey had gotten Sara, in the brunette's bag. Bekki was almost a carbon copy of her mother with dark hair and dark eyes.

"Hey, Aunt Sara," the little girl whispered stepping into the room, Lindsey's head poking in behind her. Sara opened her arms to the little girl and Bekki threw herself into Sara's embrace.

"You ready to go?" Nick asked, startling both girl and woman. Sara let Bekki go reluctantly.

"Just a few more things to straighten out."

"Sara, all the paper work is taken care of," he said impatiently. Sara gave him a pleading look. She knew he wanted her out of here as much as she wanted to leave but she couldn't just leave Amanda and there was no way she could just leave Bekki. She looked up at Lindsey.

"Can you go get your mom for me? I'll wait in the waiting room just outside." Lindsey nodded and scampered off to find Catherine. Bekki, Sara and Nick made their way to the chairs just outside.

"Bekki!" Lindsey called, her head popping up from around a corner. "Come on!" Bekki glanced at Sara who nodded, then followed Lindsey at a run. Sara looked up at Nick.

"Go with her, please? I don't want her running around here on her own." Nick frowned but acquiesced reluctantly. She graced him with a grateful smile. Catherine stepped around the corner only a few minutes after Nick had turned it. Sara wasted no time in interrogating the blond.

"Amanda?"

"Supposed to stay a week. Bekki?" Sara felt emotions constrict in her chest.

"Bekki?" she questioned, hoping Catherine didn't know about the little girl yet.

"Sara, don't. Amanda told me all about her." Sara sighed mentally. This was what she was afraid of. Amanda had tried ever so hard to keep Bekki's identity a secret from the world and now it was coming back to haunt her. Well, that was the way with deep dark secrets.

"She could be motive if that's what you're getting at." Even as the words flowed from her lips, Sara hoped with all her heart that it wasn't the case.

"That was my first thought but it made me wonder about Paolini," Catherine replied, breaking into Sara's thoughts.

"You're sure he's in on this?" Scott Paolini had been one of Amanda's best friends. For him to betray her like this made Sara more than angry, and much more than pissed off.

"Amanda said he had a family, including a daughter." Sara's brow crinkled as she frowned.

"You think that there might be a kidnapping? Why wouldn't he report it?" Sara watched a sad smirk cross Catherine's face.

"Maybe we should ask him?"

I know this one's short but I need to put the next bit all in the same chapter because its totally emotion filled. You guys'll enjoy it though I think.

And there was something I was going to say in the last chapter but I forget… Wait! Got it! THANK GOODNESS FOR THE FORMATTING!

Kavi Leighanna