Chapter 167

Jesse was pacing the floor while waiting to hear something from Tito. He didn’t think it would take him so long to get back to him. He looked at his phone again and saw it was almost time for Christian to go to bed. Where the hell was Renee? She’d promised Christian she would be home in time to tuck him in. He dialed her number and she instantly picked it up.

“Hello?” she said.

“Where are you? Christian is waiting for you to tuck him in.”

“I know. I took a longer drive than I was planning on. I’ll be there in ten minutes. Just let him stay up a little bit longer than normal. It isn’t going to hurt anything this one time.”

“A longer drive? You’ve been gone for four hours. There’s no way all you did was drive.”

“No, that isn’t all I did, Jesse, but I left where I was late so I’m late getting back.”

“And exactly where were you, Renee?”

“So much for the trust. I’ll be home in a few minutes.”