“Any word from Ned?” He changed the subject to avoid making a complete fool of himself. There was no reason to grovel; he’d done nothing wrong. If anything, he should be upset. Instead, he settled on neutrality. “I heard the message you left at Andrea’s.”
* * * *
“No,” Gavin said. “It’s not like Ned to just disappear off the face of the earth. If I don’t hear from him by tonight, I’m filing a missing person’s report. A couple of the rangers are doing some drive-bys on the fire roads. There’s no way he would just up and leave. Something must have happened.”
“Here you go.” Andrea handed Gavin a coffee in a to-go cup. “What’s this about you losing Ned? He’s really special to me. I don’t know how the park could run without him. You’d better get back to the search. Ned’s not just going to wa
