Flying the Coop

Damien

“Well, this is inconvenient,” I say as the four of us stand out in the parking lot like fools, looking at the spot the car should be parked as though staring at it will make it reappear.

“Inconvenient? Man, you need to up your vocabulary. This is a disaster!” Rafe sighs, shaking his head. “What the f**k happened anyway?”

“Marco says she got a call from her mother,” I reply. “Of course that was a lie. She got a call from a burner phone. Doubtless it was Jack. She kicked him and ran away. ”

Tomás groans. “I must agree with Rafe. This is a disaster.”

“How are we going to find her? Where do you think he sent her? Is the burner phone still on?” Scott asks.

I pull up Harper’s location on my phone. “It would appear,” I say, holding my phone up for them to see. “She is heading south.”

“Oh, so ……