“Normally.” Jackson grunted. “But since he and Asher couldn’t keep their dicks in their pants, and it turned into a giant mess—literally—he’s here.”
Wyatt’s shoulder slumped forward. “Could you maybe not tell everyone my personal shit?”
“Why not, Wy? Are you ashamed of what happened?” Jackson asked.
“I’m not ashamed, just hurt,” Wyatt said, his voice shaking.
Jackson dragged a hand through his hair. “Look—”
My phone ringing caused everyone to turn to look at me as I answered it. “Hey, princess.”
“No, it’s Noel.”
“What’s going on?” I was on my feet, grabbing my coat as the others stood up. “Where’s Ezra?”
Where the hell had I put my keys? I couldn’t remember. We had come home last night, I carried Ezra inside, and we went into the spare room. I turned to see everyone watching me.
“Uh, yeah, so Ezra thought he saw Ty,” Noel blurted out.
My blood turned cold.
I thought I might pass out.
“Wait, what? Back up and tell me exactly what happened.”
“Everything okay?” Watts asked, but I saw the fear in his eyes as he shoved his phone in his pocket. “Do we need to go to wherever they are? Someone want to drive, seeing as I can’t.”
My body had started to shake. “Where are you?” I asked again.
“The mall.”
“Which one?” There were several in the area.
Jackson grabbed the phone from my hand. “Where is my husband? My kid? If something happens to them, I will murder you.”
Killian put his hand on his shoulder. “Down, killer.” He took the phone from him and handed it back to me.
We were already walking outside. “They can’t—Why are you calling me from Ezra’s phone? Where is he?” When Noel didn’t answer me, I stopped in the middle of the sidewalk outside my house. “Noel?”
I could hear all the shoppers behind him, but I could also hear Matthias. “Noel, please tell me he’s with you.”
“Yeah, no, he’s with me,” he assured me. “He’s just... He’s scared, Carson. We can’t...we can’t find Andy and Leo.”
My stomach dropped. “What mall are you at?” I was afraid to look at Jackson. He was going to lose his ever-loving mind. “How are you so calm?”
“This is just how I am all the time,” Noel assured me.
Things might not have worked out between us, but I was thankful to have Noel as my friend. I glanced up at Jackson to find him glaring at me.
“Right, so tell me what mall you’re at, so we can meet you there.”
***
Jackson barely parkedhis car, and he was out the driver’s side, rushing inside. I hadn’t said a word to him about the boys being missing, but it was like he had a sixth sense about it. Maybe he did. It made me not want to have kids. Killian, Watts, and Wyatt were right behind us, but I couldn’t think about anything but Ezra. I had to get to him. I needed to make sure he was okay; assure him this wasn’t his fault. I kept Noel on the phone with me the entire car ride over because apparently Ezra was in shock. He had nearly collapsed, and now they were in the security office waiting for us.
“Where’s my husband?” Jackson demanded, storming inside. He was a big man and, right now, scary as hell.
“Sir—”
