Chapter 37
Brielle
Allen pauses, and I am about to ask what we are waiting around for when his cell phone chirps.
He swiftly reads the text, then lifts his head again to smile at me in the mirror.
“That was Mark. He has intercepted our shadow and is leading them away from us. It’s safe for us to leave now.”
Ah. That makes sense.
He backs the Caravan out of its parking space, and we begin the descent until we are back at street level, then turn left.
“Is it all right if I use your phone to call Mari?” I ask. “Just to let her know that we’re getting out of town for a while. I don’t want her to worry if she calls me and I don’t answer.”
He passes it back to me, and I dial my best friend’s number. When she does not answer – Mari routinely ignores calls from numbers that she does not re
