“I told you to stay put, Firefly,” he admonished, taking Baz from me.
“One of my best friends is missing and you want me to stay at home? Uh, no.” I set my stuff on the floor and bit my lip. “Did you trace her necklace?”
Rabbit nodded. “She hasn’t activated it.”
Olivia had bought all of the official old ladies necklaces with imbedded tracking devices. She got the idea from Ronnie, but figured necklaces were worn more by us than bracelets, so they made more sense. We still had to press an almost invisible button to activate them, though. She was afraid our men might ‘take liberties,’ and track us when we wanted some autonomy, so she’d made it so they weren’t ‘live’ at all times.
“What do you mean, she hasn’t activated it?” I snapped, bursting into tears. “That means she’s dead, because that’s the only reason I wouldn’t activate mine.”
“Mama,” Sebastian cried, reaching for me.
Alamo handed him back to me and I held him close. “I’m okay, Baz.”
He hugged my neck as Alamo wrapped his arms around both of us. “Don’t go there, baby. We’re gonna find them. This was why I wanted you to stay home. Where you wouldn’t worry.”
“I’d worry more there. Besides, you’re going to lock us down anyway. This is war, so I packed enough for all of us for a week.”
He smiled, kissing me gently. “Jesus, you’re amazing.”
“I know.”
He chuckled and gave my bottom a pat. “Why don’t you go find Lyric? She and Sterling got here about ten minutes ago.”
I nodded. “Find them, Mo.”
“I will, Firefly. I promise.”
He kissed me again, and I carried Sebastian out into the great room where Lyric was setting Sterling into a bassinet. Doom kissed her and headed my way, giving me a chin lift as he walked past and down the hallway.
“Anything?” Lyric asked.
I shook my head. “No. Liv hasn’t activated her GPS either, so I’m really worried.”
“Okay, let’s not borrow trouble. We’ll worry when it’s time to worry.”
I nodded and sat on one of the sofas, setting Sebastian down in front of the Duplo blocks.
