An hour after they got home, she got a call from Curtis.

“Hey girl.”

Jaymi could hear the pain in his voice. “Hey guy. Look, I thought of something random earlier. Did you tell the cops that we heard Jesus say, ‘Give me thirty minutes then call the cops?’ Because I didn’t. I told them that all that I could think to do was get Rory out of there. That I didn’t even think about it.”

“No, I just said that I was so wrapped up in what was going on with Rory that I wasn’t paying much mind too. Which is the truth.”

“Smart boy. Do you know anything else? My mom made me promise to stay off the internet and not watch TV, but I need to know. What happened...

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