Chapter 10THE TIME WAS 2:57 A.M.
Braden and Leon sat at the bar, each with a coffee in hand.
Staring at the phone.
Waiting for it to ring.
Braden could tell his stepfather was getting anxious, the way he fidgeted, brought his coffee mug to his lips and then set it back down without taking a sip.
“So,” Leon said, as though the silence were making him nervous. “Didn’t seem as though Ali was paying his own father a visit today. Is there a problem there?”
“Problem?” Braden repeated with a sad smirk. “Yeah, I guess you could say that.”
“They don’t get along too good?”
“They get along,” Braden replied. “Or, they would if Ali’s dad would stick around long enough. He got remarried last year. The girl’s young enough to be his daughter. She’s got the travel bug, always dragging hi
