Chapter 115

  Stella

  The creepy cries and cackles bounced off the windows overlooking the courtyard as Tessa danced all by herself to the melody in her head. Even for a man like Haldir, who had been everywhere and done everything, her behavior was beyond bizarre. “Pick up the fucking phone, Teddy.”

  With his arms crossed against his chest, he rolled his eyes as he kept watch and listened to another of his calls go unanswered.

  When the hallucination set her free at last, she slumped down by the pool and started the routine again. Hearing her hum the tune for about the hundredth time that day was like fingernails down a chalkboard, and he threw the phone on the stand as he finally gave up on Teddy. “Damn you.”