Jessica could barely wait for the car to roll to a stop before she had the door open.
She was out and running before the wheels had fully stopped turning, up the path toward the main house, her bag forgotten on the back seat. Kira was waiting for her on the terrace, but Jessica blew straight past her.
"Where is he? Where's Kai?"
"His bedroom, but Jessica—"
Jessica was already taking the terrace steps two at a time, past Kira, through the front doors, into the house.
"Jessica, wait—" Kira took off after her. "There's something you need to know first, his mother is here and his brother—"
Jessica wasn't hearing a single word. She hit the stairs at a run and made straight for Kai's room and barged through the door without knocking.
In the corner of the room, Tan had been sitting with a stack of reports balanced on his knee, a pen in his hand. The instant the door flew open, his reflexes took over before his mind had caught up, and he hurled the pen across the room.
