Chapter 114. The Weight of Silence

"Anything? Even a ping?" Hayden’s voice was sharp, cutting through the heavy quiet of Beck’s office.

It had been a few days after Miller’s arrest and a week plus since they sent the voicemail to Edward, but till now they had gotten no response.

“Am I the only one feeling like something’s wrong?” Myla asked quietly.

Jared nodded. “Not just you, baby.”

That made her chest tighten.

Beck leaned closer to the screen, brows drawing together. “Something else, though.”

Hayden turned to him. “What kind of something else?”

Beck didn’t look up from the three monitors glowing in front of him, his eyes bloodshot. "The phone came on about an hour ago, for a few minutes, but he didn't call.”

“That’s not too weird,” Hayde