Alice hardly paid attention as Peter and Bell discussed what would happen next. She wanted it to work. Of course, she wanted it to work. But there was something bothering her. Something she couldn’t identify was scratching at the back of her mind.
She almost jumped from the vibration of the phone in her pocket. Alice pulled it out to see who was calling, it was Ashleigh.
“Hello, Ashleigh,” she said with a smile in her voice. “I’m guessing you are calling me because you can’t get ahold of Axel. Unfortunately, we have had a bit of an incident here, and he’s not around at the moment.”
Her voice held a disingenuous tone of playfulness. It was likely that Ashleigh already knew about Myka, but in case she didn’t, Alice didn’t want to explain her sorrowful mood right now.
“That’s all right. I’m actually calling to speak with you.”
