Bound to the Capo
I pressed the numbers, unsure if I was doing it right, but then, mercifully, I heard it ringing.
Erika's voice came, and I apologized for bothering her, but I wanted to know where Makena was and if I could speak with her. I spoke quickly, but there was a pause on her part, a hesitation, and I felt something slam my chest where, if I had one, my heart would have been.
Erika said Makena went out on a date with her mother, but the final part of her sentence came out too slowly and too late. I repeated the words with a painfully tight jaw. “Her mother?”
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