Searching For Jenna novel Chapter 52

Elliot was glad because he knew Cara would not be happy with Bonnie. He was still hurt about the way things had ended between them, but he wanted Cara to be happy. That was what was most important to him.

The women shooed the men out of the kitchen while they cleaned up. Elliot gladly joined Ralph and Terry back on the couch for the next game, which just happened to be the University of Kentucky Wildcats against the Florida Gators. The game was close and more than once the three of them had yelled obscenities at the referees. Every once in a while, Valerie would poke her head in the living room and yell, "Language!"

At one point, Ralph muttered, "I don't know why she's getting on us. She knows more cuss words than a sailor."

"Holy Cow!" Darlene cried from the front door. "Did you guys not see that it was snowing?"

"What?" Terry said, jumping up and joining her by the door.

Elliot followed them. "Wow!"

There was easily an inch on the ground, and the snow was coming down hard. "I thought it wasn't supposed to start until tomorrow night," Caroline said as she looked out the front window.

"Dumb weatherman doesn't know anything," Ralph grumbled.

"Well, we're definitely going to have to get a hotel room," Terry said. "There's no way I'm trying to find that trailer in this."

"Nonsense!" Valerie said. "You can all stay here. We've got plenty of room."

"We don't want to impose," Darlene protested.

"We'd feel better knowing you were safe here and not out in this," Caroline insisted. "Cara can sleep with me. Terry and Darlene can sleep in her room, and Elliot can sleep on the couch."

"Sounds like a plan to me," Valerie said. "Ralph?"

"As long as no one tries to take my spot on my side of the bed, I don't care," Ralph said.

"Then it's settled," Caroline said.

Cara and Elliot looked at each other and then away. It would be the first time they had been in the same house together overnight since the last time Jenna spent the night with Cara almost two and a half years ago.

Elliot and Terry made a run out to their vehicles for clothes. Elliot had his gym bag, which thankfully had clean clothes in it. Terry had his suitcase he'd brought from Evansville. By the time they got back inside and stamped off the snow, Valerie and Caroline had produced a blanket, sheet, and pillow for Elliot on the couch. Caroline loaned Darlene a nightgown, and everyone started settling into their assigned rooms. Thankfully, there were two full bathrooms, or it might have been a long night.

Within a couple of hours of the decision for the big sleepover, light snores were coming from the various rooms. Elliot lay on his back and stared at the ceiling. It always took him forever to fall asleep unless he was super tired. It was left over from always being on alert when he was in the witness protection program.

He thought about his time to testify before the Supreme Court in Evansville. The DA said it would take all of thirty minutes. The court was going to allow Elliot to testify as himself. The DA convinced the judge that the fact that Elliot found his true identity while he was hiding was an important statement about how much fear and control Michael Matthews had over his family.

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