Chapter 61

Roman watched Evelyn look at the screen for the millionth time before she tried to call her parents again.

“They’re still not answering,” she said.

“They’re probably inundated with calls. They probably just switched them off,” he assured her as he took a cup of coffee to her.

“But if people are calling them that means it won’t be long until those reporters find them,” she said.

Evelyn was biting her fingers as she looked back at the screen. He had done this to her.

“I’m getting reports every half hour. So far everything is quiet there. But you’re right, it won’t take long for the reporters to dig things up now that your name is out there.”

“I don’t think my parents will ever speak to me again,” she whispered.

He looked away to avoid looking at the consequences of his actions. He’d said he would fix it but there was only so much he could do now. They had her name. Anybody who knew her at all, even the smallest connection, could come forward a