Chapter 43: Rendezvous

Kel drove Maggie to the rendezvous point. The streetlights flashed by like strobe lights as she stared out the window. Kel wasn't volunteering anything. "Your friends didn't tell me much."

He sighed. "They want me to talk to you."

She didn't know what was going on, but he had barely looked at her. As if he had something on his mind. What had Deke said to him? His body language towards her had changed when he'd joined them on the sidewalk.

"Are you going to talk to me?" she asked. "I'm not going away. This is about the kids."

Kel shook himself. "I know, Maggie. And we need your help."

"So what's the problem?"

He parked his truck near a warehouse. The lights weren't on, but the city always had a glow to it so it was never pitch black. A few random cars were strewn around, but a newer black van actually looked out of place.

Kel turned to her. "We'll rendezvous with the Foleys and their tech guy. Then we'll have a plan. We're not going in until we know what we are dealing with."

"And when