Page 34 of Cheap Shot

I picked up my controller and went back to what I’d been doing. “Ethan was looking for his sister.”

“Why would you know where she is?”

I wanted to shrug, but he couldn’t see that right now. “I’ve run into her a few times.”

He grunted but let it go.

Was she really missing? Or in trouble?

It wasn’t my business. She didn’t seem interested in talking to me anymore, and I needed to keep my distance from her. I debated replying to our friend who’d sent the pictures earlier and asking if she’d seen Haley at the party, but I didn’t think she would know her, and I didn’t have a picture of Haley to send her.

We got back into the game and were in the middle of an intense campaign when my phone buzzed again. I took my eyes off the screen just long enough to read the name. It was unknown, so I pressed the side button to silence it and went back to following Hunter’s character through a tunnel.

“Up ahead,” he called.

“Got it,” I said as my phone went off again. Unknown number. I debated silencing it again, but if they were calling me back, maybe it was important.

“Hold on. Sorry.”

I answered the call and heard music blaring before I even got it to my ear. “Hello?”

There was no reply, but I could hear muffled noises.

“Hello?” I said again, a bit louder.

Benjamin paused the game and looked at me with narrowed eyes. “What’s up?” he mouthed.

I shook my head.

A choked sob. I straightened and put the phone on speaker. “Hello? Are you okay?”

The guys leaned in, and I locked eyes with Benjamin. “Crying?” I asked quietly, wondering if he heard it too.

He bent in closer, listened, and nodded.

“Hello? Who is this?”

“Leave me alone!” A woman’s voice.

We all shared looks.

“Who is this?” I yelled.

There was a grunt then silence.

I stared at my phone, but the call ended.

“What was that?” Hunter asked.

“I don’t know. It was an unknown number.” I blinked at my phone waiting for it to ring again.

“Maybe it was a prank,” Matt said.

“Or a wrong number,” Becker offered.

“Did it list the number?” Benjamin asked.

I went through my recent call log and shook my head. “It just says unknown.”