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“Copy that. But don’t take too long. Indiana is very impatient.”
As Aria climbed in and Cobra drove away, my thoughts bounced to Indiana. I would do anything to look out for her. Just like I did for my parents.
My heart launched to my throat, and I marched back inside and knocked on the captain’s open door.
“Come in, Kingsley.”
I sat down. “Sir, you know the details of Operation Vivid, correct?”
Nodding, he pressed his hands together. “I do.”
I told him about Owen’s confession of burying his mother.
He scowled. “Do you believe him?”
“Yes, sir, I do. And that means I can finally contact my parents.”
“Don’t you want to wait for proof of Nikki’s death?”
“No, sir. It’s already been too long.”
“Okay then, what do you need from me?”
“I need their phone number and a new phone. Mine went down with Indiana’s boat, remember?”
“Get Sally to sort you out with a replacement phone.” He pointed out his window, across the station, to our office manager. “I’ll get the number for your parents.”
“Thank you.”
Nearly an hour later, with my new phone and Dad’s phone number in my pocket, I strode out the front door and across the road to the park. I sat on the park bench under the shade of a massive Jacaranda tree, and as I looked out to the distant ocean, I dialed my dad’s phone number. My heart pounded in my ears as I waited to hear his voice.
“Hello.”
Goosebumps shivered over my skin. “Oh, hi, Dad. It’s Tyler.”
“Tyler! Carol, come here,” he yelled to Mom. “It’s Tyler.”
“It’s great to hear your voice, Dad. Are you okay?”
“We are. Give me the phone,” Mom butted in. “Tyler, is that you?”
“Hi, Mom.”
Her breath hitched. “Oh wow, it’s so good to hear you.”
“You too, Mom. I’ve missed you.”
“You too. We saw you on the news,” Mom said.
“Is everything all right?” Dad said. “We saw that sunken yacht you brought in. It’s been all over the news.”
“Yes, Dad. Everything is perfect.”
As the sun traveled overhead and a pair of magpies gave me the evil eye, I tried to catch up on the two years I’d missed in their lives. We cried. We laughed. Dad attempted a few terrible jokes, but most of all, we were all relieved to have the evil Bolton family behind us.
“Does this mean you can return to Melbourne?” Mom’s voice was loaded with hope.
“Actually, Mom, I’ve met a woman.”
