Cane's POV
I stared at the phone in my hand like it had personally betrayed me.
The call had cut dead the second I was about to tell Sparrow why I needed the her damn help. I shouted at the empty room, "Why the hell did you hang up!" My voice bounced off the walls and sounded stupid even to me.
I pressed call again.
Nothing. Straight to some cold robotic message saying the number was unavailable. I tried four more times, pacing the study so hard the rug started bunching up under my feet. My heart was banging against my ribs like it wanted out. Something was wrong. Very wrong.
Stephanie had been in my arms last night. Laughing. Soft. Mine again. Then this morning she looked at me like I was poison and walked out with Jolina. No explanation that made sense. Just cold eyes and "see you in court."
