“Then why did you say Mason was in danger?”
“Because someone
knew you were on that flight.”
My grip tightened around the phone.
“What?”
“I got a message during boarding.”
Every hair on my arms rose.
“What message?”
“An anonymous one.”
“What did it say?”
Tyler hesitated.
Then he answered.
“Your wife and the boy are in row thirty-two.”
I looked across the restaurant.
Mason was coloring on a paper menu.
Vanessa sat beside him.
My heart began pounding.
“Why didn’t you come find us?”
“Because I thought it was a bluff.”
“You stood in the cockpit knowing your wife and child might be on your plane, and then proposed to another woman?”
“I was panicking.”
“That keeps being your excuse.”
“I know.”
“No, Tyler. I don’t think you do.”
“Claire, the message included a photograph.”
I stopped.
“What photograph?”
“Of Mason going through security.”
Priya’s expression hardened.
