KAYLEE “Come on. Come on. Pick up the phone!” I hissed through clenched teeth. “Damn it!” I swore when the call went unanswered again. Frustrated, I accidentally shifted my shoulder, and the phone went tumbling to the floor with a loud thud. Arg! I had the phone pressed between my left ear and shoulder because I needed both hands to hold Zeke. Clearly, that hadn’t worked in my favor, and putting the phone on speaker would have been a better option, but hindsight was truly twenty-twenty. It would be just my luck if my phone broke right now. Just to add a cherry to everything that was happening. I was so close to tears and I didn’t know what to do. To think that an hour ago my only preoccupation was weighing the pros and cons of leaving Tidestone. When Zeke woke, as soon as I’d touche

