Malloy leaned closer, amused. “Calling your son?”
Gloria swallowed her fear. “Yes.”
Malloy laughed. “Let him come.”
Gloria stared at the wet asphalt. Her voice was barely audible. “He will.”
Because Major Caleb Bennett wasn’t just “her son.”
He was stationed overseas with an elite unit—and “Code Blue” wasn’t a plea.
It was a signal.
As Malloy pulled her toward the cruiser, Evan’s radio crackled with a dispatch alert that drained the color from his face:
“Unit 12… stand by. Federal interest flagged. Do NOT transport. Repeat: do NOT transport.”
Malloy froze.
Gloria shut her eyes, trembling, as the rain kept falling.
What did “federal interest” mean—and why did everything change the moment her son’s name entered the system?
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