His jaw flexed. “I’m telling you that until Jerry’s path is certain, I can’t do anything. Now, your daughter evacuated, right?”

“Yes, but not her grandmother.”

“I can’t do anything about that, Lieutenant.”

“This is complete and utter bullshit. I don’t care if you think Elizabethtown has this covered. It’s bullshit,” I snapped.

His eyes narrowed, and I knew I’d overstepped but couldn’t find it within me to give a shit. “There’s nothing I can do. Replacements are on their way, but until they get here or Jerry dissipates, no one is leaving this island. Do I make myself clear?”

“Crystal.”

I left him standing in the hallway and headed for my room, trying to calm down before I called Fin. The last thing she needed was me to worry her. Maybe she didn’t even know Vivian had stayed.

Once my pulse settled, I propped my phone up at the back of my desk and reached to dial Finley.

Claire rang through instead.

“Hey,” I answered, putting the phone to my ear. “I was just getting ready to call Fin.”

“I just checked on her—they’re fine,” she said, sounding out of breath.

“What do you mean you checked on her?” I snapped.

“Relax. I mean I called and checked in. That one’s mine!” she called out.

My stomach hit the floor. “Claire, what the fuck is going on?”

“I got a call for that sci-fi show! They want me!”

I sucked in a deep breath and counted to three.

“Please tell me that you’re not in L.A.”

“Just landed and got my bag. They said I could only have the role if I was here and ready to film this morning, so I caught the red-eye out of Raleigh.”

Holy fucking shit.

“Tell me you have my daughter!” I shouted.

“Jesus, Jax. Stop yelling. Of course I don’t. You told me I couldn’t bring her to L.A., remember?”

I pulled the phone from my ear and stared at it like this might be an error. “Where. Is. Finley?”

“I left her with Mom. Hi, yes, I’m Claire Lewis.”

I froze. Me, the guy with the lightning reflexes and the great judgment. The one who never got into a situation I couldn’t get out of. I fucking froze.

“Jax, are you there?”

“That hurricane is headed straight for them.” My voice shook with the effort to not scream at her.

“Pssh. Don’t worry so much. Mom has lived through every major hurricane, and she said there is nothing to worry about. Besides, it’s already been downgraded from what I can tell. They’ll stay inside. It’ll be fine. Stop overreacting.”

“I’m not fucking overreacting! You left our daughter with your mother on an island in the middle of a hurricane and you want me to what? Calm down?” I paced the small confines of my room.