Page 74 of All He Sees

No. I can't.

But what if he knew something? What if he was the key to all of this?

Nicky stared at her phone, her heart pounding. She didn't know what she was going to do. Her finger hovered over the phone, shaking. I can't seriously be thinking this...

But then again, maybe part of her had already made up her mind. She knew what she was going to do. No matter the outcome, no matter the question in her mind: she just had to. Even if it brought her nothing. Even if it was all a wild goose chase...

Rosie was worth the risk.

She dialed the number. A number she hadn't used in years, and pressed the phone to her ear and listened to it ring.

It rang four times, and she was about to give up, but then a voice came on the line.

"Hello?"

Nicky took a deep breath. "Hi, Dad."