Chapter 261: Broken Ground

Olivia POV

My breath caught as the call was accepted. I didn’t know what time it was wherever Carl was, sometime in the afternoon by my calculations, adjusting for our time difference. Ellis was thoughtful enough to put it on speaker so I could listen too. What came through was not at all what I had been hoping for.

“Dad?” Carl asked, sounding more confused than I felt.

“I’m here, son,” Ellis said, trying to ...