Ashton pulled out his phone and made a call. "There’s a car following my wife and me. Find out who they are, but make sure they don’t realize we’re onto them," he instructed, his voice calm and firm.

Elaine glanced at him, puzzled. "Why don’t you want them to know we’ve noticed?"

"Don’t startle the snake," Ashton explained. "If they have ulterior motives, confronting them might just provoke them further or trigger a bigger problem." ...