“Just tell her that you’re there for her,” she whispered. “She’ll get too upset if you break the news on the phone. Ask where she is and can you meet her. You don’t have to tell her about me yet, sounds like she’s freaked out already.”
“Calm down, girl! You gotta calm down!” Aretha said.
Cindy read her taut throat and frantic hands as trying to convey by sheer willpower, If you shriek like that, this lady detective is gonna hear every word you say.
“Thass better,” Aretha said. “I know, Shas, but you gotta deal with it. Of course it sucks. Would I say it didn’t suck? What kinda friend you think I am?”
Cindy said the Serenity Prayer and texted Natali an update.
Good work, he texted back. Need backup?
For a witness I used to babysit?
She and Shane hadn’t been attentive sitters, too abs
