Joel looked down at the phone in his hands and groaned.
"She couldn"t be patient and wait for me, could she?” he muttered. “No, once again Piper"s racing off on her own adventure. One of these days, she will land in more trouble than she can handle."
Joel"s mumbling caught the attention of the officer he was standing next to, and the man gave him a questioning look. Joel waved his hands, showing it was nothing, and slid the phone back into his back pocket.
The marketplace was humming with questions about why there was a police presence, and the looky-loos were crowding the scene of the crime. Joel had heard the lead investigator call for more crowd control and knew things could get out of control.
Joel needed to pick up his timeline and meet Tessa earlier than he had planned. He wante
