Page 51 of Evil Queen

“Seen him?” Deon said. “No. Why?”

“We haven’t seen him all week. I don’t know that his absence has anything to do with Dad, but I just wanted to make sure. Can you keep an eye out? Let me know if you do happen to see him.”

“Yeah, of course.”

“Thanks.” I crossed my arms and leaned back in my seat, leaning my head against the rest. It was pounding, but I wanted to make sure I got all my questions for Deon out since I didn’t know when I’d hear from him again. “Uh, any leads on Dad, by the way?”

“I think I’m getting closer ever since you sent me that information, but—”

The call dropped.

“What happened?” Kyle asked.

I shook my head. “I don’t know. He’s never done that before.”

“Call him back.”

“I can’t. He calls from an unknown number so that he can’t be traced.” I picked up my phone from where I’d put it on the dashboard and stared at the screen, waiting for it to ring again, but nothing happened. “Shit.”

“Do you think something happened to him?” Kyle asked.

The truth was, I had no idea. “Maybe he just thought the guys tailing him were getting close or something, so he had to go.”

“Is that really what you think happened?” he asked.

My stomach was already twisting into knots considering the alternative. “I have to hope so.”

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