“Bree.”
“What the hell are you talkin’ about?”
“C’mon now, Jace. She’s crazy about you. Open your damn eyes.”
“How’s your mom?” Blythe asked Renie when she called.
“Better than Ben,” she laughed. “He’s a nervous wreck. Keeps saying he doesn’t know how to raise girls.”
“I can’t wait until this baby is born.” Blythe hated being on bed rest. The next few months would be mind-numbingly boring if she had to stay in bed the whole time. After she hung up with Renie, she planned to call Lyric and see if there was anything she could be working on for RodeoChat.
“Do you need me to come back?” Renie asked.
“No, your mom needs you now. I’ve got plenty of people looking out for me here.”
“So, how is it?”
“It’s great, but something happened between Tucker and Jace.”
“What?”
“He wouldn’t elaborate.”
“Weird.”
“Yeah, that’s what I think.”
“When you find out, call and tell me, okay? I feel so out of it over here, on the other side of the mountains.”
When they hung up, Blythe called Lyric.
“How ya doin’, little mama?”
Blythe laughed. “I’m good, thanks. I’m home, well, home at my mom and dad’s house. We’ll be staying here for a while.”
“I was gonna come and see ya later. I talked to your mom earlier. She told me you left the hospital.”
“About that, I’m going to be on bed rest for a few weeks, maybe longer. I wondered if your offer to help with RodeoChat was still good.”
“Of course, it is. Oh my ’lanta, I can’t tell you how much I could use some help. I’m runnin’ too fast, chasin’ all these dreams. I can’t keep ’em all straight I got so much goin’ on.”
“Good, because I’m going to have a lot of time on my hands.”
“I can come by later, if you’re not too tired. We can talk about gettin’ you up and runnin’.”
“That would be perfect. Hey, by the way, have you seen Bree? I’ve been tryin’ to get in touch with her. I think her phone’s off.”
“Nope. How ’bout you? You seen Jace?”
“No…”
“No, what?”
“I asked Tucker about him, and he growled at me. Then he wouldn’t tell me why. He’s sleeping now,” she whispered.
“Why’d you ask her if she’d seen me?”
“Figured it was the best way to find out what Tucker told her.”