Chapter 46
I’m in my truck when Casper calls me, so I pick it up over the Bluetooth. I’m headed to Jason’s place.
“Hey,” I answer.
“Slight problem. Kelly isn’t here anymore.”
“What?” I bite, checking my phone. I forgot I missed a text earlier. I pull up the message and groan. “Fuck, she went out with Rosa. I’ll give her a call. I don’t want her out at the bars until I know where Jason is.”
“Copy,” he says. “Just let me know where they are headed and I’ll go babysit.”
“Sounds good.” I end the call and open up the tracker to find out which bar she’s at. The dot isn’t there. I zoom out. Nothing. I click her name at the top of the screen: Offline.
“Damn it.”
I click the phone app and tap her name. It goes straight to voicemail. I don’t like that one bit. I try again . . . Then thrice more.
“Why the fuck isn’t she picking up?” I punch the steering wheel as panic rises in my chest.
I haven’t even told her about Jason, so she doesn’t know who to look out for. What if he was watching Kelly at the shop and followed her to a bar? My thoughts spiral with worst-case scenarios of him slipping something into her drink or sneaking behind her into the bathroom.
Wait, I’ve got Rosa’s number. I call her up. It rings twice and then goes to voicemail. The fuck? Is she dodging my calls too? Did she just bitch-block me?
Casper said Kelly was wearing the ring. She can’t be that pissed that she wouldn’t answer my calls.
I promised I wasn’t going to make these choices for her, but her safety is nonnegotiable.
I text Rosa.
Where are you?
Fuck it, Jason is going to have to wait, my priority now is Kelly. I call up Casper.
I check the phone again. Rosa leaves me on read.
“I can’t get a hold of Kelly or Rosa. I’m gonna need your help.”