Early the next morning, Adrian's phone started ringing.
He was still asleep, so I answered it.
His assistant's anxious voice came through immediately.
"Mr. Mercer! Something happened. Someone took Mrs. Mercer's grandmother out of the hospital last night!"
My heart tightened.
"Who took her?"
There was a stunned pause on the other end.
"M-Mrs. Mercer?"
Panic surged through me.
"Who took her?"
"It was Mr. Grant."
My own phone rang the next second. It was an unknown number.
I answered without thinking.
Lucas's exhausted voice came through.
"Emma, meet me at the place where we first met. I want to see you one last time. Your grandmother is here too. If you don't come..."
Then he hung up.
The noise had woken Adrian. He pulled on his pants.
"Let's go. I'll take you. I'm not letti
