Chapter 14

"Hey, squirt. Can I see your iPad?"

Hailey pushed the device into Cade's hands and started to rock on the couch beside him. The action seemed restless and nervous to him.

"I'll give it right back. I promise."

He quickly connected the device to his laptop through an adaptor and pulled up Hailey's coloring app. After transferring several images she'd wielded, he unplugged and handed the device back to her.

"All done, squirt."

She didn't take it right away, leaving it to sit on the cushion between them. The rocking intensified and then worry slammed into his gut.

"What's wrong? Can you show me on your iPad? Or sign it to me?"

She didn't so much as turn her head, but the rocking slowed.