Chapter 15

I shifted in my seat again, trying to get comfortable as I took the ramp off the interstate into the city the Mansers called home. We'd driven straight through from Georgia; Dad and I took turns at the wheel so we only had to stop to get gas and change driver.

"We're supposed to be there already, do you think they'd go ahead without us?" I asked, adjusting my grip on the steering wheel.

"Ezra, it'd be a little hard to do the ceremonies without Avery's betrothed. I'm sure they won't start without us," Dad said dryly.

"Right." I checked the map again, there was still a ways to go before we reached the Manser's ranch. "Ah, grab my cell phone out of my bag. You can call them."

"Ezra-"

"Please?"

He sighed, reaching into the backseat to pull my bag free of the boxes of books we'd piled in the backseat. "This thing?" he asked.

I glanced over. He held my phone up. "Yes, Dad. That's a cell phone."

He grinned at me and pressed the power