Sasha cried out. “I was so worried.” “I’m still worried,” Cooper said carefully. “Think about the message, come alone? He’s in trouble. We can’t confirm it’s even from him. We’d thought he’d left the country.” She froze. “I forgot about that.” “We will go but we’re taking precautions.” He turned around in the hallway as if trying to pull his thoughts together. “It’s a public place,” she protested. “What could possibly happen?” He shook his head. “That’s true as far as that goes, but we need to have backup just in case.” She glanced down at the text. “I could change the location and make it one closer.” “No, let’s not do anything suspicious.” He pulled out his phone. “Mason, we’ve had a development.” She listened while Cooper explained. Her stomach growled reminding her food had been a long time ago. Walking over to the sink she got a glass of water. All the information they’d gone over this morning roiled around inside her head.
