Eli had an idea where they could go for the weekend. Neither of them had any intention of skipping out on the hearing. They didn’t share any details on the phone. He just told her he’d be picking her up as soon as he could get there. He threw some things in a suitcase he borrowed from Bones, who was supposed to be his protector at the house but just now was nowhere to be seen. Eli should have worried that his friend was out so late, but the likely explanation (absent the present circumstances) would be a hookup with a girlfriend – past, present, or future. As he locked up the place and threw his bag in the back of the Chevette, Eli decided he had enough to worry about.
By now it was two in the morning. A quick route to Keiko’s would have been to take the expressway. And considering that t
