Chapter 134

The words stop me cold. I press the phone closer to my ear, straining to hear something, anything, that might tell me this is some kind of joke.

“Who is this?” I ask.

“You really don’t recognize my voice?”

There’s something smug in his tone, something that makes my skin crawl. I know that voice. God, I know that voice. My chest starts to tighten, like someone’s wrapping bands around my lungs and p