Chapter 38

ALANA IT WAS HUGO’S DAY OFF, SO I HADN’T GONE TO THE SHELTER. I HAD SOME calls to make later in the day, but I’d decided to have a lazy morning and was relaxing by the pool with a good book when my cell phone started vibrating on the table beside me. I glanced at the screen and saw it was Lucy calling. She had my number and she texted me often, but she’d never called me before. I pressed the phone to my ear. ‘Hello?’ ‘Alana,’ she sobbed quietly. ‘I need your help.’ I felt my heart lurch into my throat. I still hadn’t had a chance to speak to Kristen about what I’d discovered or figured out a way to help Lucy out of the mess she was in yet. ‘What is it, sweetheart? Where are you?’ I asked as she sobbed down the phone. ‘I’m not sure. I’m near to the shelter. It’s Blake. He’s found me,’ she whispered. I knew that Blake was her ex-boyfriend. ‘Lucy. How far from the shelter are you? Can you get back there?’ ‘No,’ she sniffed. ‘He’ll be w