Aaron had messaged Cadence after his hunt last night, and she had ignored him. She finally decided to go ahead and let him know she was alive around 10:00 as she was humming along down the highway at a pretty good pace. “Hey,” she said. “Sorry—I went to bed pretty early last night.”

“That’s okay. How’s it going?”

“It’s going. How was the hunt?”

“Not too eventful. We basically did a stakeout. Hopefully, things will be better this evening.”

“That’s good. Did Christian get their tech up and running?” she asked, trying to keep him talking about what he was doing so he wouldn’t have the opportunity to question her...