Daniel looked toward me.
“Car seats?”
“Still in the garage.”
“Good.”
My phone lit up in my hand.
Karen.
I opened the message.
I will be there if you need me.
I read it twice.
Daniel capped the gas nozzle.
“What did she say?”
I handed him the phone.
He read the message and gave it back.
“She knows where to wait,” he said.
I looked at him.
“How do you know that?”
He did not answer.
I put the phone into my coat pocket.
“Karen, what exactly did your mother ask you to do?”
Daniel looked toward the house.
“Call her.”
“I will.”
My phone was already in my hand when another message appeared.
Karen: She told me to wait.
I called her.
She answered before the second ring.
“Hi.”
“Where are you supposed to wait?”
“The hospital parking garage.”
“Which level?”
“I don’t know.”
“Did Vivian give you a time?”
