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“But Boston is ninety minutes from here.”
She typed something else. “Now he has your address. Or Stephen does.”
35
LYNX
Istudied the photo that Stephen had forwarded to me. Emerson was smiling, but she didn’t look happy. It was like the light inside of her had gone out, and I now knew that was my fault.
“You have to be certain, Lennox.”
I looked up at my cousin. It was the second time he gave me that advice. The first time, I wasn’t. Not even a little. Now, I believed I was. At the very least, I wanted to see where this thing between Emerson and me could go, as long as that was what she wanted too. “I am.”
He typed something into his mobile and, seconds later, mine buzzed.
“That’s her home address,” he said, and then went back to looking at something on his screen. “You won’t get there tonight, I’m afraid.” He looked over at Brian. “And we aren’t going to make it home either. Highway 95 is closed and so is 495.”
“Cool!” Brian exclaimed. “We get to stay here overnight.”
“Wish I felt your enthusiasm, but, yes, that appears to be the case.”
“We’re only a few minutes from Saint’s apartment…scratch that…it’s my apartment now.”
Stephen stood and walked over to the restaurant’s windows. “I’m thinking we should get our food to go. It’s quite nasty out.”
Brian nodded. “This is awesome.”
Like Stephen, I wished I shared the boy’s enthusiasm. Here I was, less than two hours from Emerson, and yet I couldn’t get to her. My frustration and disappointment were palpable.
The waiter brought our to-go packages, and the three of us stood to don jackets, hats, and gloves. Fortunately, I’d thought to bring them after Rashid ran them out to his boyfriend.
My cousin rested his hand on my shoulder. “It’s supposed to clear up by morning.”
“Right,” I muttered.
“Noraand the girls are spending the night in Newport. Too dangerous to be out on the roads,” Stephen said, joining me in the kitchen. “Thanks for setting Brian up in the office. He won’t get much sleep tonight.”
I hadn’t given him access to classified information or technology, but that didn’t mean there weren’t countless things he could explore on the computers Decker had set up in addition to what Saint had in his office when he lived in the apartment.
“Can I get you a drink?” I asked.
“Might as well. Not as if I’m going to be driving tonight, or getting called in to work the emergency room.”
I poured us both a brandy and handed him a glass.
“Let’s talk about tomorrow,” he said, setting his drink down on the coffee table and leaning forward with his elbows on his knees.
36
EMERSON
“It’s okay, Mom, I really didn’t expect you and Dad to come down tomorrow.” I was watching the snow plow clear my street out of my kitchen window; I couldn’t imagine how much harder it would be for them to plow in a city like Boston. Newport was tiny by comparison in both size and population.
“We’ll make it up to you next week, sweetheart. Your dad and I are both so proud of you.”
“It’s just an associate professorship, Mom.” She said something I couldn’t understand. “You’re breaking up.”
“Sorry, honey, I had my hand over the phone. Your dad wants to talk to you.”
