“This better be good, I’m in the middle of a slice and dice.”
“Fox!” Sunny choked out.
“Sweet girl! How are you?”
“Fox? Slice and dice? That doesn’t mean you’re…” Sunny broke off, looking ill.
Betsy got it.
“I’m making a fruit salad. Really, sweet girl, do you think I’d answer the phone while doing that?”
Sunny ran her hand over her face.
“Have you been watching Sunny again?” Duke bit out.
“How did you find Betsy? Have you bugged us again?” Ink asked.
“Ahh, is the whole merry band there then?” the Fox asked.
“We’re all here,” Reyes said warily.
“Good. That makes things easier.”
“Makes what easier?” Sunny asked. “Fox, what is going on?”
“Now, sweet girl, you know I can’t tell you that. Ink?”
“Yes?”
“I took care of some rodents for you. They won’t be digging any more holes. Don’t worry, I buried them good.”
Did that mean he’d buried Thing One and Two? She couldn’t feel bad about that.
“Fox, what is going on? How are you mixed up in all this? Did Forrest Robins hire you to get rid of his brother?” Duke demanded.
“Ink, your tree problem? It’s taken care of too. You’re welcome.”
What did that mean?
“Duke?” Fox asked.
“Yes?”
“If my Sunny is ever put in danger like that again, I will have to take matters into my own hands. And you will not like it.”
With that threat left hanging the call ended.
Jason tried to call back, but there was just a dial tone.
“Mother-fucking bastard,” Duke said, not bothering to check his language. “I’ll fucking kill him.”
“He’s just protective,” Sunny soothed. “He didn’t mean it.”
Betsy thought he sounded deadly serious.
“What did he mean that my tree problem was solved?” Ink wondered.
There was a knock on the bedroom door and Stone stepped in. “You’re not going to believe this.”