Page 146 of Guarding Grace

I knew my way around normal computer stuff, but Jordy was in a completely different league than the rest of us humans.

“How much longer?” Winston asked.

“Give my brother space to do his thing,” Lucas said.

I hadn’t heard him come up behind us.

Winston backed away. “Yes, boss. I’m just eager to get this guy.”

“We all are,” Lucas responded.

My phone vibrated in my pocket, and I pulled it out.

WILDCAT: He has Marci

WILDCAT: Find me

I left Jordy’s room and immediately called Grace. My heart sped up when it went to voicemail. I dialed Zane.

“Hey,” he answered.

“Get Grace on the phone,” I demanded.

“She’s in the bathroom.”

“Get her.”

“She’s busy doin’ a woman thing.”

“Get her on the fucking phone.”

After a few-seconds delay, I could hear Zane’s voice in the background. “Grace, Terry wants to talk to you. Grace… Grace?” A door slammed. “Fuck. I’m sorry, man. She’s not in here.”

“What do you mean she’s not in there?”

“I don’t know. I was at the end of the hall the entire time.”

I heard him running.

“Fuck, the emergency exit has been disarmed. She must have gone down the stairwell.”

“You had one fucking job to do?—”

Lucas spun me around. “What’s going on?”

“Don’t just stand there. You and Constance go find her,” I said into the phone before answering Lucas. “Grace is gone.” I swiped to the messages she’d sent me to show him and then admitted the bad news. “She skipped out.”

Lucas shook his head. “She should have contacted you before she ran off… Jordy, we need a twenty on Grace, now.”

Lucas and I joined Jordy and Winston in the office.

“She’s northbound on Lucchese Boulevard, moving fast enough that it has to be a car.”

She was moving away from Zane and Constance and toward us.

“Jordy, she doesn’t have a car, so do your rideshare thing and find out where she’s going.” I pulled out my key fob. “And keep feeding me her position.”

“I’m coming along,” Winston called as I ran for the door.