Lucas
Metal scrapping.
Glass shattering.
A heart-wrenching scream
In those three simple steps, my entire world came to a grinding halt. Time seized, breathing stopped, and the only thing evident in my brain was the sickening crunch echoing through the phone.
Then painful, gut-knocking, heart-gripping silence.
My knees buckled, and I faltered a step back as the line disconnected. "Chris!" her name broke free from my lips, a plea, a prayer that this was not really happening.
This could not be happening.
Yes, it is and it's all your fault.
I had been too engrossed in tackling issues back in Diego to keep an eye on my family. To keep an eye on Chris.
I felt the blood drain from my body when I came down five minutes ago to the news that no one had seen Chris—oh except the gaurd that h
