My phone doesn't ring, it vibrates. Once, short and sharp.
I glance at the screen and the number flashing there is not one I ignore, so I answer immediately.
"Talk."
There is a pause on the other end, then the voice comes. "Boss… there's a problem."
My jaw tightens.
"What kind?"
"It's the girl."
Everything in me stills.
"Asena?" My voice drops.
"Yes."
A cold feeling settles in my chest.
"What happened?"
Another pause and hell, I don't like them pauses.
"They threw her out."
My grip on the phone tightens. "Explain."
"Her father… there was shouting and then…” He hesitates. "He hit her, more than once."
My vision sharpens.
"And?"
"She tried to leave, he called her back and something hit her from behind, she went down and didn't get back up."
A dangerous silence fills my en
