The traffic was terrible. Lucian couldn’t wait to go home, and if he could have walked home, he would have done so. Kons was driving this time, and he intentionally didn’t inform Georgina about his return. He was holding his cellphone and his hand itched to call her.
“Why don’t you just call her? Your phone might break from how tightly you’re holding it.”
“I want to surprise her.”
Kons laughed. “Surprise her, or do you just want to save your own life?”
“Oh, and you really think we’re not on the same boat?” Kons’s face soured, and he didn’t argue further.
When he finally got home, he immediately got out of the car to look for Georgina, but he didn’t see her. Her car was there, but she wasn’t, not even Vanessa. His heart began to race.
“They’re not—” He was cut off by Kons when he saw
