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“If you want to find your son.”
My back stiffened at the request. There were a lot of those going around, and I was finding it rather irritating that I was being pulled into some sick game that I had no desire to play.
“Thanks, but the only way I’m going to find my son is to find Jack.”
“And why’s that?” she asked.
“Because—” Again, I stopped myself. The last thing I should do is start talking about Baz or Rico. That would only bring more pain into my life. “I can’t do this with you.”
I turned to leave, but she once again stopped me. “Would it make you feel better if your cop friend came in here? I’m sure he can verify who I am with a single phone call.”
I desperately wanted to believe that she could help, but my trust in people was seriously depleted.
“Just one phone call,” she repeated.
I pulled out my phone and texted Pete to come inside. Turning around, I crossed my arms over my chest. “You’d better be who you say you are. I don’t have time to waste.”
“Neither do I. I need to find Jack just as much as you do. And I think I know where he is, but I’m still waiting on confirmation.”
“Confirmation of what?”
Her brows furrowed for just a moment before her face cleared and that cool exterior returned. The door opened as Pete stepped inside, taking stock of the new situation.
“This…is not Jack.”
“Another astute observation,” I muttered under my breath.
“Officer Thorson, I’m Rae Dennon.” She stepped forward and held out her hand for him to shake. Being the good officer that he was, he studied her, then held out his hand.
“How is it that you know me?”
“Because I’ve been watching you. I’ll make this quick. I work for Owens Protective Services. I’m here with two other men, and our job was to give Jack backup in the event that he needed it, which I’m pretty sure he does now since he’s missing.”
“Jack works for a protection service?”
“He was undercover. The police chief knows of our involvement. If you could call him and verify that information, we can get to finding Jack, and Skylar’s son.”
And just like that, he was on the phone corroborating her information. I was shocked at how quickly everything moved from there. Pete was on the phone with the chief, getting some kind of rundown of thesituation. Meanwhile, I stood in the living room with Rae, wondering what the hell Jack was really into.
“Alright, you’re clear,” Pete said, shoving his phone in his pocket. “The chief said I’m supposed to give support in any way you need.”
“Right now, what I need is for both of you to join me across the street.”
“You’re staying there?” I asked curiously.
“We just got into town. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting for this job to get upended so fast,” Rae said, heading for the door.
Not knowing what else to do, I followed her. “You do know that Baz has everyone on this street on his payroll, right?”
“Yep.”
“And they’re all watching right now.”
“Most of them are actually gone. I have them all under surveillance. But at this point in the game, I think the fact that they know we’re working together is a moot point, don’t you?”
Honestly, I had no fucking clue. I didn’t even know why she was here, other than to save Jack or something. And that was another thing that just didn’t make sense to me.
Once we were inside her house, I stared in amazement at the computers scattered everywhere. But this was only the beginning of it. I followed her down a hall to a bedroom that was set up like some kind of IT department. With monitors everywhere, I could see camera feeds from inside every house, including my own.
