Chapter Fifteen
Gray’s phone went off suddenly, snapping him out of the TV show he was watching. Kristie had gone home for the night to watch the kids, agreeing that she would move back into the apartment tomorrow. He found himself excited to have everyone back in one home. They would truly feel like a family now.
The fact that Dern was calling him was concerning. He never called him. He picked up the phone.
“Are you busy? Are you awake?”
“Whoa, man, calm down. What’s wrong with you?”
Dern tried to take a deep breath but blurted out instead, “I messed up!”
“What? What did you mess up?”
“We discussed what to do with Jonathan, right? I went to talk to him, to tell him that you wanted to see him. But he didn’t believe me. He thought I was acting strangely. I tried to stay ahead of him
