In Richmond, early afternoon was slipping away and Vic was getting anxious. No word from Matty yet. No word from anyone, really. He didn’t want to call anyone else for fear of tying up the phone and missing Kendra’s call, if and when it came. Besides, who else was there? The National Guard?
Calm down, he reasoned with himself as he navigated the rain-washed streets. At least the traffic was thick enough, he had to concentrate on the road, which was the only thing keeping him from going crazy at the moment. Kendra will call when she hears something. No news is good news, isn’t that what they say?
Whoever they were. And no news wasn’t good news. It was frustrating, nauseating, horror-inducing, nerve-wracking…
On the dashboard, his phone rang, and Vic almost steered off the road in surpris
