Chapter Nineteen

CHAPTER NINETEEN

“Reed Taylor, I need to talk to you.” I was nothing if not polite and gracious on the phone. A thing of beauty. An absolute queen of decorum.

“Uh, not right now, Luna. I’m kind of in the middle of something.”

I felt my eyebrows rise. “Really? But Seth believes me and needs our help.”

“Not now. This is important.”

“What could be more important than helping me get Lydia back?”

He made a sound, and I could tell he was getting exasperated. Was I really being that forceful? Well yes, yes I was. But I needed him, and he knew it. At least, I thought he knew it.

“Reed Taylor?” I asked.

His voice was definitely strained. “Nothing is more important than getting your niece back. That’s precisely what I’m trying to do. But I need to deal with this right now, all right? Later, bye.” And he hung up.

He hung up, just like that.

I stared at the phone in shock. It looked properly apologetic. “I have no idea why he would possibly act in such a dastardly manner,” it seemed like