Baked Alaska
““Oh, my gosh. Why? Did something happen to Lorraina? Are you under arrest?”
“No,” he said quickly from the other end of the phone. “Lorraina’s fine—well...I mean...anyway, I don’t have to stay, but there’s some federal guy coming in the morning, and they asked me to stay. Pete thinks it’s a good idea.”
“Pete said that?” Sadie said, feeling oddly hurt. “Why didn’t he call to talk to me first?”
“He sent you a couple texts, but you didn’t answer so he suggested I try calling. He’s talking to Bre right now to see if she can stay in town with me but asked me to keep calling you until you answered.”
“Both of you would stay in Skagway? I don’t understand. What exactly is going on?”
“Pete explained it better than I can,” Shawn said, the strain in his voice clear. “Here...hang on.”
Sadie heard the phone shuffling, some muted voices, and then Pete’s voice came on the line. “Sadie—”
She didn’t give him a chance to finish. “Why does Shawn have to stay?
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