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I sigh. “Because I can’t stay long, Ray. I have to get back to Savannah.”
“What’s going on?” she asks. “Hawk won’t tell me anything.”
“Hawk only knows a little.” I pat her hand. “I wish I could tell you, but for Savannah’s safety?—”
“Safety? What happened to her?”
I shake my head, take a swig of my water, and rise. “I’ve already said too much. Trust me. The less you know, the better off you are. But Leif, Hawk, and I will take care of everything. I don’t want you worrying. You use your energy to continue kicking cancer’s ass.”
“How am I supposed to not worry about you?” She places her hand on her chest. “You’re part of me now. You’re why I’m no longer sick.”
“That’s exactly why you can’t worry about me. You need to continue your recovery, get your immune system back up and running. I want you happy. Not stressed.”
She rolls her eyes. “Right. Like I haven’t been stressed for the last few years, fighting this damned thing.”
“Raven, please. For me. Just focus and keep healing.” I touch her head. “Hair’s growing back.”
“Yeah.” She laughs sarcastically. “I look like a teenage boy from the fifties.”
“Give it another week or two and you’ll have one of those sleek and sexy short haircuts. You’ll be gorgeous.” I kiss the top of her fuzzy head. “I’ve got to go. Love you.”
“Love you too. And Falcon?”
“Yeah?”
“Please stay out of trouble.”
I nod. I want to do more, to tell her that of course I’ll stay out of trouble.
But we both know that would be a lie.
Once I’m back in the car, ready to head for the safe house, I change my mind.
There’s someone else I need to see. I need to put a face to the name, look into the eyes of the man who sold his daughter for God knows what.
I’m driving to Austin.
24
SAVANNAH
The phone buzzes again once Vinnie and I finish our snack.
“Hey,” I say to Falcon. “Everything okay with Raven?”
“She looks good,” he says.
I let out a sigh of relief. “I’m so glad. So you’re on your way?”
“Well…not yet. There’s someone else I want to see first, and I may not be home tonight.”
My heart thuds. “You’re leaving me here alone?”
“I’d never do that,” he says. “But your brother is there, and the place is a fortress. There’s something I need to do in Austin.”
“What?”
“Just an errand that’s really important.”
