Chapter 28
Bane switched to speaker phone so we could all hear what Noah was saying as we binned the pizza and rushed for the car. I could hear him sobbing on the other end. I had never heard him so upset.
‘Are you sure, Noah? This is very important, tell me exactly what happened,’ Bane instructed in a detached tone. All emotion had fled from his face and he sounded like a policeman.
‘The front door was left open and Tessa isn’t here. Anywhere. There’s a note on the kitchen table.’
It felt as if the world had suddenly come into sharp focus. The air was crisper, the sounds of cars and birds and dogs all louder. Bane’s fingers, where he clutched his phone—I could almost see the bones through his skin. There’s a note …
Noah choked out another sob, unable to speak, but then took a couple
