“This one is my beauty. Don’t even need headsets for the noise. You’ll be able to talk more. We’ll be there in twenty minutes.”
Half the time of the ferry. Maybe this was the way to go.
The four of them left the building and climbed into the helicopter. He realized now, he had no transportation once he got to the airport.
He’d just tag along with Alana’s parents. He was assuming they had it covered.
Once the helicopter took off, he turned to Darin. “Do you know what happened?”
“I know someone hit her in the driver’s door. It looks as if they ran a red light,” Darin said.
Jesus.
His whole life he lived with this fear of losing someone he loved again.
He had this dull, boring job that wouldn’t put him at risk of danger. He was always trying to eliminate risks around Becca getting injured too.
It was so stupid to ever think that, when a simple car accident could take someone away from you.
“Why don’t you tell him everything?” Cindy said.
“What more is going on?” he asked.
Alana’s parents were looking back and forth at each other. There was tension for sure.
“Because he might not know what is going on,” Darin said.
“I don’t like secrets,” he said. “And you just pulled me in saying that.”
The last thing he needed was to find out some secret about Alana when he was dealing with Rene’s threats.
“Darin and Alana were fighting on the phone right before the accident. Her annoyance likely distracted her.”
He didn’t know that Alana fought about much. At least not that he’d seen.
“Someone else ran a red light, you said.”
“But she’s normally more aware of her surroundings. She would have been looking to see, but was most likely distracted over the fight,” Darin said.
“You can’t blame yourself for that.” Though he knew damn well he’d be feeling the same way.
“It’s hard not to,” Darin said. “Did you know Jonathan has been texting her?”
“No,” he said. “She’s talking to him?”
“No,” Cindy said. “Don’t think that. Alana wouldnevercheat.”
That wasn’t where his mind was going.
He’d made that mistake once already by getting jealous.
But he had to admit he wasn’t happy she hadn’t told him about these texts.
“She’s ignoring him,” Darin said. “He showed up on the island today to talk to her.”
Brennan frowned. “About what?”
“Nothing that concerns her,” Darin said. “I assume you know their history and that she protected his job after their breakup.”
