“Where is Kyle at the moment?”
The room became terribly silent for a long moment before my mother-in-law finally chose to answer.
“He went out,” she replied, checking her watch. “He had something very urgent to attend to.”
I reached into my bag and took out my cell phone, ready to end the confusion immediately.
“Then I am going to call him right now and ask him exactly what is going on.”
The moment my thumb hovered over the screen to unlock it, my father seized my wrist with a desperate strength that shocked me.
“No, sweetheart. Please, do not call him yet.”
I stared down at him, completely confused by the pure panic written across his face.
“Dad, what is the matter with you? Why are you acting like this?”
“Come with me,” he whispered, his eyes flicking toward the others. “Please, we need to be alone.”
