“What’s wrong?” Carl sounded a little panicked. I opened my eyes to see him look around. “You called me to an alley?” He looked confused as he focused on me.
I shook my head. “I want to try something.”
“What?”
I pulled out my phone and held it out to him. “I want to see if your voice will register on my phone for a teddy near for Carly.”
His face fell. “I don’t think it will, Amy.”
“Can we try?” I clicked on the voice recording app I had. “If it doesn’t work, fine, but if it does.” He closed his eyes, but then nodded.
“Of course.” He sighed and stepped closer.
Two hours later, we were pulling back into the driveway and I was exhausted. I was running on a few hours of sleep and breakfast was my last meal. I was hungry and annoyed at everything.
We parked, and I heard a door open,
