No one argued the last part.
As for what Ethan said…
“Add one more. Takoda is coming tomorrow,” she admitted. “It’s about to get fun. I’m going to parade my son around a town where there’s a killer who is likely humping dead bodies, and getting his jollies off with eyeballs. Who’s the insane one here?”
They all pointed at her.
Yeah, she was aware.
Unfortunately.
As they began heading out, her phone chimed, and it was from her brother. It said one thing.
‘I need to speak to you. It’s urgent.’
Well, shit.
That couldn’t be good.
Outside, she pointed.
“Go ahead. Duke needs me. It’s likely about a case. I’ll be right there,” she said, dialing his number as they headed away.
When he answered, he didn’t sound good.
“Hey, sis.”
Uh-oh.
“What happened?”
He went there. At that moment, he was in her office, so he could have some privacy. Vivian had let him in, since Elizabeth had told her that her family could use it at any time.
“I have a problem, and honestly, I’m freaking the fuck out.”
Yikes.
That sounded ominous.
“What?”
Duke explained.
“I was on the phone with Axelle, and I wanted to talk to her about maybe getting the girls to her two weeks out of the month so she could see them.”
Elizabeth wasn’t sure how that was problematic, but his voice said it was.
“And?”
He dropped the bomb.
“She told me she doesn’t want them. In fact, she’s not thrilled with being a mother. On top of that, she’s been offered a CIA job, and she’s thinking of taking it. She literally told me that I forced her hand with Abby, and I made her have Charlotte, and she wished she hadn’t.”
Elizabeth gasped.
What?
The?
