After unwinding for a few minutes, I used my iPhone to FaceTime my friends. After getting them on the line I took some time explaining about Lindsay. I then told them, “I’ll be here at least another day, if you can watch Bernie for me. I should know more about my schedule tomorrow.” “And you think that asshole Ice is somehow connected to The Swarm?” Mo asked. “That’s what Janice Taylor told me before she died.” My friends were in their living room. Natalie raised her voice, startling Bernie, who had been sitting at her feet. “We heard that grot-bag drank the Kool-Aid, took the easy way out.” “That’s the way it looks.” “Watcha gonna do ’bout Lindsay?” Mo asked. “If that monster’s got her, there’s no telling what he’ll do.” “The taskforce is meeting in the morning. Hopefully we can come up with a plan.”
