Black didn’t give me news about my sister.
I almost wish he had.
“What’s wrong?” I asked when he stayed silent one too many seconds.
“Audrey Stanley was allowed bail thirty minutes ago,” he sighed. “She was supposed to be held, along with Eddy’s father. However, a new hearing was set in place for some reason while I was out of town dealing with your sister. Gentry tried to stall to wait until I was back home and could plead my case, but they wouldn’t wait. Audrey’s out. Eddy’s mother, Minnie, is the one that bailed her out.”
I groaned. “Who was the judge that let him out?”
“Stephen Sundry,” he grumbled.
“Is that the dude that you’ve had issues with for years?”
“The one and only,” Black growled.
My lips quirked at his words.
“I guess I’m not too worried about it,” I admitted. “Should I be?”
I mean, this was Audrey, the dumb blonde who had so far shown that she couldn’t do anything by herself. She always had to have her dad make every decision for her.
Eddy’s mother had so far kept her nose clean.
She should’ve been…
“Oh, fuck.” Black groaned. “Where are you?”
I put my last tool away and shoved the toolbox farther onto the flatbed of my truck. “I’m in Notting Mountain Hill Estates. Why?”
“Your woman at the soccer game?”
Fear started to climb through my veins. “Yes.”
“Apparently there’s an active shooter there,” he said. “Get there now.”
Then Black hung up.
“Fuck!” I cried out.
“What?” Creed asked, coming to alertness.
“Active shooter at the soccer game,” I hissed. “And, conveniently, Audrey Stanley was just provided bail.”
“Follow me,” he said. “We’ll use my lights to get us through.”
Only, that’s not how it worked out.
When we got into town, any and all speed in which we’d been moving came to a complete standstill.
“Fuck!” I slammed my hand down onto the steering wheel as we got to the stopping point mid-way through town.
Cows were everywhere.
“Fuck!” I pulled into a parking spot and shut the truck off.
From here, it would be twenty minutes on foot. But it was better than waiting for the cattle drive through the middle of town.
Something which Denver said he’d be doing at some point this week.
