Jake’s POV
I just wanted one piece of good news. Was that so much to ask?
I stood up, shooting a tight smile at Lexi as I stepped out of Cam’s hospital room. I wasn’t sure if I wanted her to overhear this conversation. She probably had enough to worry about without learning the details of this news just yet, depending on what exactly Ellie had to say. I sequestered myself in an empty patient room across the hall, shutting the door behind me.
“Ellie, what is it? What did you find?” I asked, already dreading the answer. I paced anxiously around the small room, waiting for her response.
There was a soft shuffling sound on the other side of the line. I could picture Ellie right now, adjusting her phone to the opposite ear, leaning forward in her chair and nervously tapping her pen on the d
