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Rob tried calling Kira’s number for the third time in five minutes. After several rings, he heard her voice on the other end of the line reciting a string of words he knew by heart now:
“Hi, you’ve reached Kira. Please leave a message, and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.”
A beep sounded.
“Kira, where are you?” Rob said, trying not to sound worried. “Look, I’ve left you two other messages, but if you haven’t gotten them, you need to get out of there. Call me as soon as you get this.”
He hung up with a frustrated sigh. Where was she? He pulled back the hood of his sweatshirt and ran his fingers through his disheveled curls.
He had lost track of how much time had passed since she and Trevor had left for the Traversa mansion. It had taken some time, but he had finally found a d
