To Santiago’s frustration, the anonymous number stayed silent, his message marked unread.
It was possible the person behind the number had discarded it after sending the message for fear of being tracked, which would mean Santiago had no way of contacting them, or indeed, tracking them, although the idea hadn’t occurred to him until that very moment.
He had been more preoccupied by the content of the message rather than the sender, and now he regretted it. He should have told Lachlan about the message and put someone on tracking down the number.
Alas, he hadn’t, and now he was faced with an unread message and no answers. Santiago had given it until ten in the morning before accepting this as its own kind of answer. Whoever had sent the message last night with Beth’s name had sent it wi
