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Hyde and Rene walked out of the house and still holding hands, started walking down the road, back the way they came from.
“Where are we going?” she whispered, trying to keep up with his brisk pace.
“Just a bit down the road,” he explained, “I need to make a phone call.”
“Who are you going to call?” she asked. “Your ex-wife?”
The mention of his ex-wife awoke the sleeping jealousy inside of her, despite these crazy circumstances in which they found themselves.
“No, I’m calling Culore’s right hand man,” he shook his head, hastening their pace.
“Do you know his number?” Rene wondered.
“I don’t, but Culore does,” he waved Culore’s phone in his hand.
“But, why isn’t he here?” she suddenly asked.
“Who?”
“Culore’s right hand man.”
“Ozul?” Hyde asked, as if he expected her to know that.
“If that’s his name,” she nodded. “Was that the guy who attacked us at your house? And, why is Culore here alone? Wouldn’t he come with a few of his clansmen, to ensure your death?”
Hyde didn’t answer immediately. Her questions made total sense.
“I don’t know,” Hyde admitted. “I’m guessing that he doesn’t have so many people by his side any longer, they stopped following him. Maybe they realized that a leader who rules by fear is not the kind of a leader they wanted, after all.”
“But, still, why come all alone? Where is Ozul?”
“If Culore is telling the truth, maybe Ozul is watching Parker?” Hyde tried to find an explanation. “That’s why I need to call him, and see.”
“What if someone comes while we’re away and attacks Jesse?”
“You know, it would be really helpful if you stopped with those questions!” he snapped at her, and the moment he did that, she let go of his hand and stopped walking.
He turned around. He regretted behaving like that, she could see it in his eyes. She could also understand why he’d snap. He was about to check if his son had been kidnapped. Which parent wouldn’t be snapping left and right to annoying people asking all sorts of questions?
“Rene…” he started, coming at her with arms outstretched, begging for a hug.
“It’s OK,” she smiled weakly, approaching him and allowing him to wrap his arms around her.
“I didn’t mean to say that,” he admitted.
“I know,” she nodded, “I understand. Let’s just sort this mess out and you can treat me and Jesse to a special dinner as sorry.”
“Deal,” he pushed himself to smile, but she knew it took him a great deal of effort to do that.
Finally, Hyde stopped in the middle of the road, taking out the phone and turning it on. He dialed a number, then pressed the phone to his ear. Seconds passed, but nothing happened. Rene walked over to him and hugged him from behind, encircling his body with her arms and pressing her chest against his back. She could hear his wild heartbeat.
“He’s not picking up,” he hung up the phone.
“What now?” she asked.
A second later, the phone rang. Hyde quickly answered, without even checking called ID.
“Sorry, I had trouble
