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"Very nice," Seth agreed "Did you see that, Soph? Your brother just--"

Sophie was gone

Seth had to blink a couple of ti of cotton candy re

"Sophie!" Panic clawed up his throat "Dylan, Sophie’s gone"

The otheryou," he spat out

As his pulse shrieked like a whistle in his head, he scooped Jason into his arht, Seth scanned the crowd for Sophie Miranda had dressed both kids in the brightest colors known to reen one for Jason She insisted that as dorky as they were, the T-shirts would ensure the kids stood out like billboards in a crowd

"Look for a pink shirt," Seth ordered, finding it difficult to hear hi of his heart

He searched the rounds Blue shirts, white shirts, black, red, pink--nope, different kid He continued scanning and dis each time he struck out

Holy Mother of God He’d lost Miranda’s daughter

Sophie was gone

Everything got very, very quiet The chatter of the fas in the ga from the rides area It all faded into a dull, le person in the crowd turned into Jarvis Henderson

"Seth Yo, dude, it’s fine, we’ll find her"

Dylan’s voice found a way into Seth’s nightmare He blinked, saw the visible concern on the blond SEAL’s face

"Sophie’s gone," he mumbled

"It’s okay We’ll find her" Dylan’s brother’s fiancée stepped into his line of vision, her voice gentle, her hand even gentler as she touched his arht to his shoulders, his face streaked with tears as he looked at Seth "Where’s Sophie?"

"I don’t know, buddy" His voice cracked The panic spiked "But we’re going to look for her Okay?"

He glanced at the other two adults "We split up Dylan, check rides Claire, keep looking here Jase and I will head to the food area and the pett--" He stopped abruptly

The petting zoo

Could she have wandered off in search of the ponies she’d so desperately wanted to see?

"I ht knohere she is," he blurted out "Keep your phones on Call if you find her"