CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
As they pulled into Yuki’s street, Franklin’s mobile rang. He saw Kendra on the screen.
Shit.
Howell shot him a glance. He murmured, ‘Shouldn’t you start answering your phone?’
Didn’t matter that he was right, Franklin still considered letting it go to message bank. But he owed a bunch of calls that he really didn’t want to return because they’d be too heavy to deal with, especially to Harty, Slam, Georgie and Kat, plus several he figured he had to but wasn’t in the headspace for at the minute. Best not add another.
‘Kendra?’ He caught himself before he added, Everything okay? Course it wasn’t.
‘Yeah. I…’ Her voice fractured.
Franklin heard shrieks in the background at her end. He pressed the phone to his ear to listen. Kids hollering or crying, he couldn’t tell ex
