Chapter 9
~ Hailey ~
It took me another hour to work through the Reynolds Project presentation, finding and fixing the lapses in the data sets. Derek hovered the entire time, occasionally making suggestions but mostly just watching me work with the nervous energy of someone who desperately wanted to be anywhere else.
I was cross-referencing the final citation when my phone rang.
Unknown number.
I almost didn't answer but something made me swipe to accept.
"Hello?"
"Hailey." Jackson's voice came through, tight and strained. "It's Jackson. Jackson Bellamy."
My stomach dropped. "Jackson? Is everything..."
"There's been an accident." He cut me off, his words tumbling out too fast. "Yvonne. She's... we're at the hospital. I'm sending you the address now."
My heart leaped imm
