Family

My phone had to ring at the worst time.

"Answer it," Mason said.

"Are you sure?"

He nodded. "It could be something good."

For some reason, I doubted that. I swiped across the screen and placed the phone on my ear.

"Get out of that car," the caller said. "and don't say anything about this. I have bad news for you."

I glanced at Mason. It didn't look like he'd heard anything.

"Is everything okay?" He inquired.

I grabbed the door handle and opened the door. Mason grabbed my wrist. "Where are you going?"

"I have to get this. You leave, I'll see you some other time."

Stepping out, I started walking away from Mason's car. All of a sudden, someone grabbed the phone, removing it from my ear.

"Who the hell are you?" Mason asked the caller. His face was twisted in anger. I took the phone from him and saw that the call had ended.

"Who was that?" He asked.

"None of your business. Leave me alone."

"Is someone threatening you?" He asked. "I can help you. We can catch that criminal and put him beh