She tapped into the phone and then the phone beeped when she hit Send.
A few seconds passed.
“He says, ‘Stop texting and driving.’” She let out a laugh.
“Tell him to kiss my ass.”
“Marj…”
“I’m serious.” Then I thought better. “No, don’t do that.”
“I wasn’t going to.”
“Tell him I’m going to keep texting and driving until I get an answer.”
“Seriously?”
“Yeah. Send that one.”
Tapping and sending again.
“What’d he say?”
“Nothing yet. Okay, he’s typing. Hold on.”
She chuckled. “He says, ‘Hi Jade.’”
“Oh, for God’s sake.” I was tempted to stop the car abruptly but not with my pregnant best friend in the passenger seat. I slowed to a crawl and pulled over to the side of the road.
I took my phone from Jade and called Bryce.
It rang.
And rang.
Just when I thought he was going to ignore me, he finally responded. “Hi, honey.”
“Don’t honey me. Where are you two going? Joe was supposed to go to the hospital, but it doesn’t take a genius to see you two are headed in the wrong direction.”
“Tell Melanie Joe will be there as soon as he can.”
“Sure. Be glad to. Now where the hell are you going?”
Silence for a few seconds that seemed like forever.
“Mills and Johnson found Cade Booker. We’re going to talk to him.”
I gulped. “He’s dangerous, Bryce.”
“After what he’s put us through, he’d better think the two of us are dangerous,” Bryce said. “We’ll be okay, baby.”
“I’m tempted to turn around and follow you, but…”
“But you’ve got Jade in the car.”
“Yeah, and she hasn’t seen the baby yet.”
“Go. Enjoy yourselves. Visit your nephew and Melanie. Joe and I will take care of Cade Booker.”