Page 55 of Cade

April’s broken cell phone was on the floor. The screen shattered. He reached to touch it, and Catherine slapped his hand.

“What the fuck?” he asked.

“Evidence,” Catherine told him. “It’s evidence. Probably no one should come over here now.”

Ryker arrived about that time and went immediately to Catherine, pulling her against him. “Is that hers?” he asked, pointing at the phone.

Cade nodded.

“Let’s go outside. We need to preserve things in here, Cade.” Catherine stepped away from Ryker and waited for them to leave before her.

They stood out front and waited for everyone else to arrive.

“I’m going home. Bring everyone to the office to reconvene. I’ll meet you there, going home first to see if Mother tried to stop by.”

“I’ll have everyone go straight there,” Ryker said, pulling out his phone.

The driver finally arrived. “There’s a terrible accident out there. I’m sorry it took me so long to get back from the office.”

“Did you see them leave?” Cade demanded.

The man shook his head. “They were inside together when I left.”

“Fuck!” Cade shouted at the sky.

“Come on, let’s go.” Ryker pushed him towards the car. “Can you take us back to the office?” he asked the driver.

He ran around to the driver’s seat and climbed in, ready to go. It took a bit of effort on Ryker’s part to get Cade into the car. He didn’t want to leave in case she came back. Hell, he hadn’t even searched the whole house yet.

“Get in. We will figure it out,” Ryker pressed.

He finally gave in and climbed into the car. Everyone was meeting him, and they would help. The police would take too long sorting through shit to be of much help right now. He needed to find his father.

“Call your guy and tell him that Father is in town. He should be easier to track now that we know he’s close, at least.”

Ryker nodded and made his call. Cade half listened as he tried to think of what else he could do. He needed her to be okay, and that meant finding her. If she’d been hurt at all, Cade was going to lose his shit on his father. Hell, he was going to do it, anyway.

He ended the call. “He’s on it. Said he’d call back if he found out anything.”

Cade nodded. What else could he do?

Traffic was worse now than when he’d headed this way. They were at a standstill and nowhere near the office. Cade tried calling his mother several times as they rode with the calls going directly to voicemail.

“Still off?” Ryker asked.

“She had to be helping him with this. She made it so they’d know where I was, and then he came and took her. What the fuck is wrong with both of them?”

The car was still not moving and Cade felt like he was missing something important by sitting here.

“Has Catherine called you yet?” Ryker asked.

“Not yet. But if she’s in this traffic, then she probably isn’t home yet.”

“Try her,” he suggested. “Something’s off here.”

That was exactly what he’d been thinking, too. Cade tried her number and while it wasn’t off like his mother’s, it rang and went to voicemail.

“Nothing,” Cade confirmed to Ryker.

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