Chapter 7
Alex woke with a guilty start when his alarm clock
went off the next morning. s**t. He didn’t know what time
he’d finally drifted off, staring at the cordless phone on the
pillow beside him, willing it to ring. Where the f**k is he?
he wondered as he scrambled through the sheets, searching for the
phone.
He found it on the floor beside the bed and dialed the first
four numbers to the shelter before he realized that it was only six
in the morning. Father Nate would still be asleep. He’d wake up the
whole place just to check on Jamie when he probably got in late
last night and tried calling him but he’d been sleeping. Even
though the phone was on the bed, Alex had been tired…maybe
Jamie called and he slept right through the ring. Maybe he left
a message. Alex hurried
