Chapter 23
The phone rang, and Aubrey blinked her eyes open before grabbing for her cell. She glanced at the time on her alarm clock. 3:18. Who the hell would be calling in the middle of the night? Marco moved beside her, kissing her shoulder. She managed to get her cell and when her parents’ house number flashed on the screen, dread shot her upright.
“Hello?” she answered in a panic.
“Aubrey,” she never hated the sound of her name so much. The raw sorrow in her mother’s voice was a s***h to the heart.
She swallowed. “What’s going on, Mom? Is it Dad? Is he okay?”
“We’re at the hospital again. It doesn’t look good.”
“I’m on my way.”
Aubrey hung up the phone, tossed the covers off, and started gathering enough clothes to resemble an outfit. She put her b*a on then her panties. She yan
