CHAPTER SEVENTEEN -- Do it then
I was still laughing when my phone rang, the sound cutting through the cool evening air. Dan grinned beside me, his eyes dancing with mischief. "See? I told you no one would notice we were gone."
"I can't believe we actually made it out," I said, breathless from laughing. Sneaking away from the Kensington mansion — even for a breath of fresh air — felt like a victory. Vincent's watchful staff seemed to always know where I was, yet somehow Dan had managed to slip me past them.
My phone buzzed again, and I glanced at the screen. Maria's name flashed across it.
"Hang on," I told Dan, stepping away as I answered. "Hey, Maria, what's up?"
But it wasn't Maria's voice that answered.
"Miss Jana? It's Rosa."
My breath hitched. Rosa never called me either. "Wha
