His Captive Kitten (Owned and Protected Book 4) by Measha Stone

Author:Measha Stone [Stone, Measha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stormy Night Publications
Published: 2018-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“Watched phones don’t ring.” John patted Julie’s shoulder, walking past her in the living room. She sat, as she had for the past three hours, on the couch staring at the phone on the coffee table.

“Why hasn’t she called?” Julie flung herself back against the couch and slapped the cushions on either side of her.

“Maybe she’s not awake yet, or maybe she hasn’t gotten to the phone. She said she’d call, she will. My guess is she’ll need that card turned back on pretty quick.” John sank into the armchair and pulled his own phone out of his pocket. He’d called in to work already, giving an excuse of a family emergency. Hopefully Grover wouldn’t contact him to find out what was going on. Lying didn’t suit him, and if he talked with his commander nothing but lies would be told.

It still didn’t make sense why his commander had called him in the first place looking for Julie. A witness not giving a statement was a pain in the ass, but it wasn’t illegal. As far as he could tell, Julie wasn’t suspect for anything other than being a witness. Which didn’t sit right with him either. He knew she had nothing to do with the incident, but to an outsider, someone looking at the situation with absolutely no background information should in fact suspect her to have some level of involvement.

“Or maybe something terrible has happened to her because I turned off the card and she can’t make the call.” Julie dug her hands into her hair and held her head. Waiting really didn’t bring out her best colors, but nothing could be done about it.

John scrolled through his phone. “Relax, kitten. She’ll call.”

“You keep saying that!” Julie accused, bringing her knees up to her chest and resting her head on them.

“And you keep worrying,” John pointed out.

The phone rang. Before the first ringtone finished, Julie swiped it off the table and answered.

“Mom?”

John moved to the couch, sitting next to her and tapping the table. They had agreed she’d keep the call on speaker.

“Mom. Hold on.” She shot John an aggravated look and clicked the phone to speaker, placing it on the coffee table. “Okay, Mom.”

“Julie. My card’s not working. I need it to work.”

No preamble. No apology for having disappeared on her, just a demand for money. John placed a hand on her knee, expecting her to be upset by her mom’s treatment.

He and his sister hadn’t had a perfect upbringing, but neither of their parents ever distanced themselves to such a point. His mom still asked him if he was eating his damn veggies every time they talked.

Julie didn’t give any indication she heard the impatient and demanding tone in the woman’s crackling speech. Obviously the woman was a heavy cigarette smoker from the sound of her voice.

“Mom, where are you? I haven’t been able to get a hold of you in weeks.” Julie leaned over the phone.

“I’m with some friends. I’m fine, but I need that card.

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