When I saw who the caller was, I was thankful it wasn't the strange caller. But on the other hand, I was disappointed it wasn't 'Anyone else.'
"Who is it?" Elgin asked when he sensed my hesitation.
"Jace," I mumbled.
"Not in the mood to talk to him?" He asked, and I shook my head. "Then, ignore it."
When the call ended, I immediately switched off my phone.
I knew Jace so well.
One call was never enough.
***
OCEANS.
She had been unreachable for two days.
Two days of her phone going straight to whatever void phones go to when someone has decided they don't want to be found, and two days of me telling myself with decreasing conviction that this was a woman throwing a tantrum and it would run its course and she would surface when she got tired of being dramatic about it.
I hit the b
