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“Sterling!” I bark rudely, thinking it’s someone from my office that I don’t want to deal with.
“Flint?” The whispery voice stops me in my tracks.
“Hello?” I glance down at the number on display and realize it’s Aspen. “Aspen?”
“Flint?” she asks again.
“It’s me. Why are you whispering? What’s wrong? Is Lily all right?” I fire off the questions one by one, icy terror snaking down my spine.
“Are you coming home soon?” she asks, and I hear Lily chirping in the background, asking Aspen a question I can’t quite make out.
I relax, but only slightly.
“I’ll be home in about thirty minutes,” I reply. “What’s going on?”
“I…” She inhales, and my other line rings.
I look at the display, my brow knitting in a vee. “Hang on. Pike’s calling me.”
Suddenly, I realize something is happening at the house, and I leave Pike calling. “Aspen, what’s happening over there?”
“I’m not entirely sure,” she admits. “Two people showed up at the house.”
Her words are still low and muffled, and I understand she doesn’t want Lily to overhear.
“What people? Who?”
The other line continues to ring in my ear.
“Answer Pike,” she suggests. “He’ll have more answers.”
Grunting, I tell her to wait and disembark the plane while I answer Pike’s call. “Who’s there? What’s happening?” I demand.
Pike sounds alarmed that I’m aware of what’s going on. “How do you know?” he asks.
“Aspen’s on the other line.”
“Tell her to stay upstairs,” Pike growls, and my sense of alarm rises again.
“Why?”
“Raya’s here,” he explains. My blood runs cold. “With her boyfriend or husband or whatever he is.”
“What?! How did she get on the property?”
“I don’t know, and I didn’t ask. She’s asking to meet Lily.”
“Absolutely fucking not!” I roar.
“I know!” Pike barks back. “But she won’t leave.”
“I’m coming home,” I tell him. “Get Caden. Where the hell is he?”
“He’s at work.”
“I’ll keep calling him,” I bark into the phone. “You watch them. I’m on my way.”
“You’re hours away,” Pike tells me flatly.
