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“You know, she never replied after saying she was checking out.” She rolled over and grabbed her phone.
Robin had made the tough decision to leave it off at Harper’s urging. The rationale made sense. If Uncle Daar really was dangerous, her phone could easily give her away. It was so strange to be without it and all the little dopamine hits scrolling social media gave her.
Once the device powered on, she tapped her messages.
Nothing.
No text. No voicemail. No email.
“That’s strange,” she muttered.
“What?” Harper stepped around the bed.
“I have nothing from Jess. I’m going to call her. She’s probably too focused and forgot to reach out.”
Harper continued to stand there, clothes in one hand, completely naked.
Jessica’s phone didn’t even ring. It went straight to voicemail starting with the always cheerful, “Hey! This is Jess.”
“Hang up,” Harper snapped.
Robin reacted immediately, jabbing the end call button. “Why?”
His face had darkened, and he scowled at the floor now.
“What’s going on?” she asked.
“Call the hotel and make sure she checked out. I’m going to get dressed and throw together some food.”
“Harper, wait.” She sat up. “What do you mean? What aren’t you saying?”
He paused at the door, looking at her over his shoulder. “I don’t want to scare you…”
“You’re already scaring me.”
“Is it normal for Jess to not reply to your calls or messages?”
“No, but when she’s in deep with a project—”
“You think given what’s happened she wouldn’t get back to you?”
“Shit…”
Harper didn’t even try to comfort her or talk her away from the scary ledge. “I’m going to make some calls myself. Find out from the hotel if she’s left yet or not.”
Damn it.
Robin called Jessica’s phone again, but when it went to voicemail she hung up.
It wasn’t like Jessica to be difficult to get ahold of.
But no one besides the two of them knew Jessica was helping Robin. Unless Uncle Daar was far more dangerous than Robin realized.
Shit. What had they gotten involved with?
Thursday. Hilton Garden Inn, Miami, FL.
Harper managed to shave off a good half hour of drive time by pushing the speed limit. That wouldn’t have been possible if they’d waited later in the day.
