Caleb’s phone buzzed in his pocket. He pulled it out, glanced at the screen, and his expression darkened.
“I need to take this,” he muttered, stepping toward the hallway.
Millie watched him go, dread settling like a stone in her gut.
She knew that look.
It was more bad news.
Sissy disappeared to her room, saying she needed to lie down.
A moment later, Caleb returned, his face ashen.
He met Millie’s gaze. “That was my friend in DC. The one I asked to keep an eye on Garrick.”
Millie’s pulse hammered in her ears.
“Your ex-husband just took a leave of absence from his job,” Caleb continued, his voice flat. “No one’s seen him since around eight o’clock last night when a dinner meeting ended.”
Millie felt the blood drain from her face.
Since last night.
Garrick had been incognito for sixteen hours.
Which meant he could be anywhere.
Which meant he could behere.
Terror washed through her at the thought.
chapter
forty-four
Millie couldn’t helpbut notice that dinner was quiet.
Too quiet.
Everyone clearly had things on their minds—fears they weren’t voicing, questions no one dared ask aloud.
The day had been a blur, filled with mundane tasks to pass the time.
Max had returned from the hospital. He was okay, but he was also especially quiet. From what Millie understood, he hadn’t seen anyone, and none of the cameras had picked up anything of value—only a figure clothed in all black, even over the face. The footage was so grainy that it was impossible to tell if the figure was even a man or a woman.
Whoever had knocked him out had been like a ghost. Even more, no one knew why this person had hurt Max. Nothing appeared to have been taken or vandalized, so it wasn’t a robbery.
The entire grounds had been searched.
Nothing had been found.
So why had he been attacked?
Millie couldn’t stop asking herself that question.
Kendra had been invited to eat with them, but she’d gone back home instead. She was still shaken up after finding Max like she had.
Millie pushed food around her plate, her appetite nonexistent. The weight of everything pressed on her chest, making it hard to breathe.
