Page 118 of Alec’s Dream

“Backed out and drove away. Fuck, man, it happened so fast, I didn’t see who was driving.”

Fear started to creep in, a kind Alec had never known. Not the kind that urged him forward on a mission, making his senses come alive. This was new, paralyzing.

“Plate? Make? Model?”

“Blue Toyota sedan. Florida plates. I didn’t—”

“Florida?”

“Yeah. The orange caught my eye…”

Alec was no longer listening to Lou, his phone was up to his ear and it was ringing.

“Miss me—”

“Doug Spencer’s in town,” Alec cut off Nixon. “He was at the park. Caleb must’ve seen him because he took off. I need someone to go to the rec center and get Rory, someone on Macy, and the rest need to be canvassing the woods around the park. Call Jonny.”

“Copy,” Nixon grunted before he disconnected.

“Doug?” Lou inquired. A hard edge had taken root.

“He’s been down in Florida. He’s also the only person who would make Caleb take off.”

“I’ll—”

“’Preciate whatever help you can offer, but first get the boys out of here.”

“All right.” Lou jogged off to round up the boys.

Alec’s fingers felt stiff as he dialed. This call was harder to make than the first. He knew what he had to tell Macy was going to tear her to shreds.

Fuck.

“Hey. I’m—”

“Baby. I want you and Joss to stay at the daycare. Someone is on the way to you now.”

“What’s—”

“Macy, baby, I need you to stay there.”

“You’re scaring me. Where are—”

Goddammit, he was screwing this all up. But he couldn’t get the words out and when he finally did, they tasted foul. His stomach protested the very idea of Doug being anywhere near Caleb or Rory.

“Doug’s in town—”

“What?” Macy screeched. “Did you see him? The kids!”

“I didn’t see him. But Caleb must’ve seen him pull up because he took off across the park and dipped into the woods. I’ve already called the guys, they’re en route. We’ll find him.”

“I have another call. It’s the rec center.”

Fucking shit.

“Take the call. I’ll hold.”

With his phone to his ear, Alec started to jog in the direction he’d seen the boys running. He needed to get into those woods and search for Caleb but he knew he’d lose service.