Chapter 74

Before she could answer, the phone rang. Deke jumped.

Only one of two people could be on the line, and both represented news about the explosion and its aftermath.

“Yeah,” he barked into the line.

“Deke.” It was Logan. His voice sounded heavy.

Turning away, Deke held in a curse. “I’m here.”

“It ain’t good.” He sighed. “Kimber…”

“Tell me.”

Logan did, and Deke couldn’t hold in a rush of four letters.

“What is it?” Kimber asked.

“I’ll let her know,” Deke promised.

After a long pause, Logan replied. “Thanks. Any news from Jack?”

“Not yet. The police?”

“What is it?” Kimber demanded.

Deke shook his head at her. He wanted to give Kimber his undivided attention when he gave her this news.

“Nothing concrete,” Logan answered. “Lots of questions. No answers. But it’s weird, man. No one at the hospital has even twitched the wrong direction. Nothing suspicious here at all. Lots of phone calls from some guy, though, want