Page 76 of Priceless
“I’ll just get a new phone, a new number.”
“Bullshit. You’ve spent enough because of him.” She started pushing buttons.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m going to call him.”
“No!” I backed away. “Hang up!”
“Let’s just see who answers. I’ll put it on speaker.”
“Let’s just forget it ever happened.”
“Such bullshit. Listen to me. I work in cyber security, remember?” It started ringing. “If this guy is scamming unsuspecting women like you, don’t you want him stopped? Let’s just make sure we have the right guy?—”
“I don’t care! Hang up!”
It connected.“Hiya, this is Jocko’s phone.”
It was Vonnie’s voice.
My brain started scrambling like a self-solving Rubik’s cube. Then the cubes started falling off. I had to run, to get as far away as possible, before I heard another word.
I flew to the door and outside. Didn’t know if my feet ever touched the floor.
“Hello?”
Raina turned off the speaker and put the phone to her ear. “Hello?”
“Can I help ye?”
“I hope so.”
“Laira? Is that ye, then?”
“No. No, this is her sister. You know her?”
“Sure, sure. Listen, my boss man’s been trying to reach her for weeks.”
“I know. I just found her phone.”
“Oh, gad. Tell me she’s all right.”
“She’s fine. She’s okay. Just…going through a lot right now.”
“Aye, so’s Jocko. I mean Jacob. He prefers to go by Jacob now.”
“I bet he jumps when anyone calls him Jocko.”
“Jumps, growls. Never know what he’ll do. But it sounds like ye ken why.”
“Then you don’t know?”
“Tell me. We’re at our wit’s end here.”
Raina smiled. An ally in Scotland was exactly what she needed. “I’m going to give you my phone number. I don’t think we should do this on their phones, you know?”
“Aye, sure. Fire away.”
