Chapter Sixteen
CARTER SPOTTED US FIRST. He tapped Hayley on the shoulder, jolting her out of what she was doing—which was filing her nails. If she’d been hoping to keep up her nonchalant façade to the rest of the team, she’d gone massively overboard. Hopping out of the pick-up, she hurried over to us and gave me a quick hug.
Tony’s head popped up over the driver’s side. Which, considering he’d had to take his foot off the pedal to do that, was actually a big deal. Another look confirmed that it was just the three of them here, waiting for us. “Wasn’t Jessie supposed to be here?” I asked.
“She was,” Carter replied. “She said something about making sure no one found out we were here, and told us to go ahead without her.”
I was taken aback. “Leave her here?”
Carter shrugged. “That’s wha
