"Pep?" Tony asked.
Pepper turned to look at him, eyes shiny with the beginning of tears and Tony stiffened. Pepper was not a crier.
"What's wrong?"
Not sure what to say, she hung up the house phone. "Tony…"
Tony's cell rang and Pepper flinched.
He pulled out his phone and looked at the caller i.d. but not recognizing the number, dismissed it.
It started ringing again.
Irritated, he started to kick the call loose again, then glanced at Pepper. She was staring at the phone in his hand as if it were a snake.