Chapter Eighty-Four

Vanessa looked ready to collapse as she listened to the voice on the phone. It was unsteady, wavering, and filled with emotions. Emotions she could not process at that time. 

When she could no longer keep herself glued to the chair, she had gotten up and had begun to pace through the room while she was still on the call. The more she listened to what Carlo was saying, the more she became convinced that the world was going crazy. It was starting with his son, Liam. 

Carlo Kennedy was saying, "I don't know what has gotten into Liam. He was acting like someone possessed tonight as if he was so convinced that we're all doomed. He spoke of a coming apocalypse before he passed out."

"Apocalypse?" Vanessa repeated, as if she did not know what that meant. She had come to a stop at a corner of the room, a few steps away from where Travis was seated, watching her. Her eyes wandered in her head as she tried to second-guess her options.