Chapter 857

• Calla stared at the phone. They were coming in before dinner. It would be during the meeting, so they’d all be together, but that could also be a bad thing. She glanced at the window. The snow was still coming down heavily. Transport would be hard in this.
• The phone lit up again. She looked at it, and her eyes rounded. She had to go down to Leon’s office and rip the wires out that left the box. How was she going to do that when everyone would be there for the meeting? What if she didn’t get to it before they came in? Then someone would hit one of the switches, and those other locations would be empty before they ever found them. Gnawing on her lip, she went over to the window and looked in the direction where she’d talked to Beck. They were counting on her to do this. She only needed sixty seconds in his office to get it done. Her animal stirred inside her. Calla nodded. They’d get it done. She quickly texted back, telling them she’d get it done. When she was about to turn off the phone, another message popped up. Text when done. She sighed in relief. That made sense. That they’d wait for confirmation before coming in. She sent back a thumbs up and turned off the phone.
• Dropping down in front of the dresser, she reached to hide the phone and froze. There was no way she could pull the wires in the basement of one house and then get back here to send the message—not when all of the others would be there for the meeting.