Chapter 11

Hearing that answer, Shane paused in surprise. "Did she not call you?" Harry shook his head with certainty. "No." Shane froze for a moment, a flicker of astonishment crossing his eyes. After a brief silence, his voice turned cool. "Got it. You can go home." The huge office went quiet almost instantly, leaving Shane alone. He finished the last half of his coffee before finally turning on the phone he had powered off all evening. A flood of missed calls and messages filled the screen. Besides a few friends wanting updates, every single one of them was from the same person—Stella. Even John hadn't called, knowing Shane would be busy handling the fallout. John had contacted Harry instead. Shane scrolled all the way through the missed calls. There wasn't a single one from Gianna. It caught him off guard. Before turning off his phone earlier, he had called Gianna once. With her personality, she always returned his calls. Even if she missed one, she always called back right away. Even