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Fuck you.
The fact that he even replied at all is a good sign.
“I asked Vincent to help us,” I say casually, knowing it’s better to let River know now than later.
His response is exactly what I expected.
“You did fucking what?”
17
SKYLAR
“You’re smiling,” Tammy says gently.
“No, I’m not,” I reply as I sip a cup of tea, forcing myself to frown. I’d prefer espresso instead, but it’s eight in the evening, and I don’t need to be wired until three in the morning.
Especially when I’m officially banned from the café for a week.
“It’s nice to see it again,” Tammy adds. We sit on my sofa, some mindless reality show playing in the background. It feels almost like old times, except April would be in between us, munching on some type of pastry.
“They’re helping us,” I say. “They’re really going to help.”
But my excitement doesn’t spread to April’s mother. Tammy’s face has lost color, and her eyes look haunted.
She looks like she’s in mourning.
It’s barely been two days since April’s car has been recovered, but in that time, Tammy has turned from the surrogate mother I’ve always known into a shell of a person.
It’s horrifying, and the only way to fix it is to bring April back.
Landon and River will do it. I just know it.
“Honey, you can’t guarantee anything,” Tammy says sadly. “I thought we could do this, but the car…”
Her voice breaks, and my heart shatters. I quickly scoot over to her side of the couch and rest my head on her shoulder. Her arm wraps around me and I listen to her sniffle.
“I just don’t know how we’re going to find her,” she whispers. “I don’t know how we’re going to find my baby.”
“We will,” I say with conviction. “They will. They’re the best detectives in the country, Tammy.”
April’s alive. She has to be.
“C’mon, it can’t just be me and you,” I add, trying my best to sound lighthearted. “April’s the happy medium between both of us.”
Tammy chuckles through her tears and plants a kiss on my hair. “I appreciate you, Skylar,” she sniffles. “I’m so proud of you, after everything. You know that, right?”
I swallow and tears spring to my eyes. “I know.”
“You’re my girls,” she says. “I’m so lucky to have you both.”
A moment of silence passes between us as I force the lump in my throat down.
“We’ll find her,” I say again. “I promise.”
* * *
An hour later, after Tammy leaves, my phone vibrates.
