Callie & the Start of a Mystery by Jessica Sorensen

Author:Jessica Sorensen [Sorensen, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessica Sorensen

Seven

Callie

I dream a lot that night. Of Kayden. Of my past. Of the girl in the photo that Evie showed me. Of a world filled with women who feel shamed into silence. I also dream about Caleb. Normally, when he enters my dreams—or nightmares anyway—I wake up sweaty and terrified. This time, though, when my eyelids open, I’m filled with a sense of contentment. Because I know.

Know what I need to do.

Since it’s his day off, Kayden is still fast asleep when I wake up, even though it’s well past ten. But after the stressful night he had, I’m not surprised.

Wanting to let him rest, I grab my phone, climb out of bed, and slip into the living room. Then I sit down on the sofa and dial the number Evie gave me last night before I left.

She answers after two rings, “So?”

I smile at her directness. “I’ll do it.”

“I figured you would.”

How she knew is beyond me since I only made up my mind a few minutes ago.

Evie spends the next few minutes giving me a few brief details. But in order to really start the job, I’ll have to go down to the secret office and get the files on the victims. Easton will also be showing me the ropes and helping me while I work on this assignment. I hope Kayden is going to be okay with that since I could tell Easton bothered him. Kayden isn’t controlling, though, so I don’t foresee it being a problem. But I also don’t want him burying his feelings away like he sometimes does. And I need to make sure that while I put almost all of my effort into this job, I’m still here for him, especially with everything going on.

Once I make plans with Evie to go down to the office later tonight, I hang up and head for the kitchen to make Kayden breakfast. I’m not much of a cook, but I can make some pretty okay scrambled eggs. As I’m cracking the eggs apart, my phone rings and Violet flashes across the screen. Strange. She usually texts me instead of calling.

Wiping the yoke off my fingertips, I answer the phone. “Let me guess. Seth is putting up a fuss about having to drive.”

“Actually, I haven’t even gotten around to calling him yet.” She blows out a deafening exhale. “I know this is going to make me suck, but I can’t make it today. Do you guys mind going next weekend instead? Some shit came up and there’s no way in hell I can make it.”

“That’s fine with me. In fact, I’m sort of glad. I’ve got a ton of stuff going on today that I didn’t know about until this morning.” I grab a whisker to beat the eggs. “Is everything okay, though? You sound stressed out.”

“I’m fine.” But she sounds hoarse and upset.

“Are you sure?”

“Yep, totally cool. I promise. Luke and I just have some things to take care of today. That’s all.”

I’m nearly positive she’s lying.

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