CHAPTER FOURJessica
“Who is this?” I said. My chest tightened and my pulse raced.
“Look for a dark van. Down a few spaces to your right.
Remember, don’t—”
I snapped the phone shut. What the f**k? My pulse was
pounding now. I thought of the story. The dark van in the parking lot that
morning. And Alexis being followed by a dark van. Too weird. But it had to be a
coincidence. Just some wacko.
The phone rang again. I jumped at the sound. Private caller
again. I set the phone on the counter and moved back, staring at it as if it
were about to explode.
The phone stopped ringing but started again within seconds. A
burning odor filled the air. For a crazy moment, I thought it was the phone.
Then I saw smoke billowing from the pan.
“Goddamn it!”
I turned off the burner and set the p
