“She’s alive,” she breathed out as her erratic breathing slowed. Her eyes slid open, and she licked her lips. She picked up her phone and stopped the recording.
“What did you see? Do we need to call your sketch artist?”
“No.” Cara’s lips thinned, and her eyes narrowed as she moved toward him. He stepped out of the cramped space to avoid accidently touching her. “I know who she’s with.”
“Who?” Cooper demanded.
Cara held up her finger to stifle his questions before punching in numbers on her phone and holding it to her ear. “This is Cara. I don’t have time to explain, but I need you to pull up Becca’s credit cards and see if she’s used them recently, then pull up her company cell phone and email me any recent calls she’s placed.” There was a pause. “Never mind why. Cancel all of my appointments this week. I’m going to be out of town.”
“What the hell is going on?” Cooper asked as Cara slid the phone back into her pocket.
“Oh, she’s clever. She must have known that I’d pick the toothbrush to work from. Of course, she would.” Cara practically sneered as she tossed her hands up in the air.
“Cara, tell me what you saw.”
Cara crossed her arms over her chest and tilted her head. “Does your sister believe in mediums and psychics?”
“Yeah, she’s called your company before. So?”
“Soooo. When I picked up the toothbrush, I was given two pictures. Oneof your sister looking down at the toothbrush and the next looking at a woman holding up a sign. More specifically, that woman was my sister, Becca.”
Cooper ran his hand through his hair. “Are you saying Angela is with Becca? Where? What did the sign say?”
“The sign read... No time to explain. Had premonition. Angela is in danger from her ex. We ran. Take Adam to Mom’s and meet us where you lost your virginity. Her ex will be tracking us. Be careful.” Cara cleared her throat and shook her head.
“Her ex is serving twenty in the state pen. That doesn’t make sense.” Coop pulled out his cell and sent a message to his partner to check in on his sister’s ex to verify his latest activities.
Cara shrugged. “Be grateful we got that much out of my sister and she didn’t try to leave the message in braille. Becca is the flower child. She’s all about peace, love, and light. There’s no way she’ll be able to keep Angela safe, so we need to find them fast.”
“That should be easy enough. Where did you lose your virginity?”
Cara cringed. “A resort on a little island off the East Coast.”
“That sounds easy enough. What’s the name and I’ll book our flight.”
“No need. We’ll take the company jet. I don’t like crowded, confined spaces. There are too many opportunities to touch people. Who’s watching Adam?”
“He’s at daycare.”
“You need to drop me off to pack and pick him up, then meet me at my mother’s. Her address is—”
“I know her address.” Cooper watched the confusion cross her face.
“You do?”
“I did a background check on you.”
Her eyes widened in astonishment. It was probably best that he left off the fact that he’d invaded her privacy when Eric and she started dating. He thanked his lucky stars that she didn’t know that Cooper had been the one trying to talk Eric into breaking things off.
“I don’t know if I should feel violated or impressed,” she said, slipping past him and out of the room.
He pressed his lips together to keep from saying anything. The less she knew about his motives, the better.
Chapter Four
Cara’s motherheld Adam snuggled in her arms and kissed his forehead as Cooper and Cara’s dad transferred the luggage from her car to his.
“Are you sure you know what you’re doing? How are you going to find her?” her mother whispered.
