Chapter 5

"Where are you? "

That was the first thing Nolan asked when I answered.

Elise was driving. I watched the houses pass beyond her window and pressed the phone closer to my ear.

"I told you I booked that Italian place for tonight," Nolan said. He was trying to sound normal. "Did you just go to the hotel early?"

He still didn't believe it.

He thought I was just throwing a tantrum. He thought that nice dinner was still going to happen.

There was a pause, then the sound of a door closing.

"Your drawers are empty. Your computer's gone."