I roll my eyes. “Cody, I know you’re protective, but this is nothing new. After Joseph screwed me over the first time, my dad hired some bodyguard to stay near me for months.”
“Please, Luce,call him.”
“Okay, okay. I’ll do that now.” I hang up with Cody and call my dad as I’m getting in my car.
“Sweetheart. Did you change your mind on breakfast?” I hear cutlery on plates in the background.
“No. But, Dad, do you have someone following me?”
“Just a minute. Let me go somewhere private.” The phone sounds muffled, then I hear a door close. “Lucy, I don’t have anyone watching you. What’s going on?”
My eyes move to the black car still parked in the lot. It’s a row over behind a small car that is blocking its license plate. I swallow as I strain to see inside. The side windows are tinted enough that I can’t see anything.
“You don’t?”
If it isn’t someone working for my dad, then who is it? My heart is racing as I try to put the key in the ignition.
“No. Lucy, describe the car. Can you see the license plate?”
I glance back at the car, then I turn and take in the parking lot. There are only three rows of cars with the black one being the tallest. There’s no way I can get out of here without whoever it is seeing me. “It’s a black SUV. It looks newer and I can’t see the license plate.”
“Where are you? I’m coming to you.”
“In the lot at the police station. I came to see Cody.”
“Cody?” he growls.
“Yes.”
He sighs. “Okay, it’s good you’re near the police. Now listen to me. I want you to go inside and wait for me.”
“Okay.”
He ends the call.
My hands tremble as I put my keys and phone in my bag, then exit the car. I take a deep breath and walk straight to the entrance of the police station without looking back. The guy at the desk again doesn’t look up. I wait near the door and spot Cody running my way.
He enters the lobby.
“Cody? How did you get here so fast?”
“Come with me.”
I hesitate.
“Please, Luce.”
I nod and take his hand. He leads me to his car.
“I’ll be right back,” Cody says.
I call my dad as I watch Cody go up to the black car.
“Lucy, I’m almost there.”
“Dad, it’s okay. Cody picked me up.”
“Cody? I thought he was in custody.”
