Chapter SixIt'd been exactly one hour and thirty three minutes since his call. She was in the middle of dinner with Jeremy, and blew it off. She took one glance at the name ringing in, choked on the half eaten bite of cranberry chicken take-out that was rolling around in her mouth, and then quickly hit ignore. Despite her efforts to play it off, Autumn's heart had practically stopped in her chest, and then came back to life with a jolt.
Even Autumn didn't understand why she'd ignored the call. If anything, she should've jumped at the opportunity to talk to Chance, but for some reason the racing of her blood wouldn't allow her to pick it up. Instead, she lied to Jeremy and said it was just an old friend that she'd call back later.
After hitting the ignore button on her hometown detective'
