A Grave Miscalculation

~GARRETT~

My mother found me near the bar.

Before I could step around her, she closed her fingers around my arm and pulled with surprising strength for a woman who complained about back ache every day.

"Not now," I said, already scanning the room for Hadley. "I have something I need to do."

"This cannot wait."

"Mom."

"Garrett." Her voice had that urgent edge she usually reserved for social emergen