Chapter Forty

After finding out that his partner was going to be okay, Jack wanted nothing more than to fill out his paperwork and get back to Los Angeles.

But before he could leave the scene, his phone rang.

He looked at the caller ID and shook his head.

“Hi, Dad. How's it going?”

“Hey,” his father said. “Well, it's fine now, Jackie. But where you been? I been trying to get ahold of you for two days.”

Jack could hear the panic in his dad's voice.

“Sorry, Dad. Where I've been they have very poor reception. Is everything okay?”

There was a long beat of silence, then, “Yeah, sure, son,” Wade said. “It all came out fine. In the end, I mean. But, well, we had us a little spot of trouble here. No, make that a darn big spot. Can you talk now? ‘Cause I got a lot to tell you.”

Jack felt his stomach turn. Then he got behind the wheel of his car and steeled himself for the bad news.