Ashton's eyes narrowed, and I instinctively tightened my grip on him. "Is that true?"

"Why do you think that?" he asked, turning the question back on me.

I was about to tell him that Tessa had mentioned it when Alice's voice rang out from the distance.

"Elaine, your phone's been ringing like crazy!"

I turned to see her hurrying toward us. With her condition, she shouldn't be running at all.

"Got it!" I called back, ...