Chapter 4

Adrian's thumb hovered above the dial button, trembling slightly.

An automated female voice rang out from the speaker, cutting through the silence of the car.

Adrian's hand froze.

He didn't give up and dialed again.

After several tries, the same result every time.

"Disconnected," Adrian muttered to himself.

Then he suddenly tossed his phone onto the passenger seat as if it had burned him.

He said, "How could her number be disconnected? I set up automatic payments for her every month! Unless..."

Unless she died and the number got cancelled.

This thought stuck in his mind like an ice pick.