RUBY'S POV
I was knee-deep in paperwork, sorting through files on my desk, when my phone rang, Helen’s name flashing on the screen.
I was about to say you don't have to tell me you're on you way home with the kids when I heard her frantic breathing from the other side of the line. The urgency in her voice hit me before I could even say hello.
“I can’t find the kids, Ruby,” she said in a shaky voice. The words hit me like ice water.
“What do you mean, you can’t find them?” I barely managed to keep my voice calm as a prickle of panic started to claw its way up my spine.
“I don’t know!” Helen stammered. “I was supposed to pick them up, but they weren’t at the usual spot. I’ve looked around, asked a few teachers… no one seems to know where they went.”
I knew I was going to be quite busy past their closing period so I had told Helen before hand to help pick Rhett and Ruby and I would pick them from her place on my way back from work.
But this?
I didn’t even bother responding—I grabbed my
