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“How do you know that?” Real asked.
“Because I’ve been to the other two.”
“You’ve been there?” Echo asked, his attention locked on Cash. “Has Rogue or Fisher been to those locations?”
Cash shook his head. “I don’t know who Fisher is, but Rogue has never been.”
“How can you be sure.”
“Because Solomon is paranoid.”
“Then why would he show you?” Echo was confused.
“Because I’m his nephew.”
Dead silence swept over the room and Cash huffed out a sigh.
“You all must be thinking that I’m a traitor. Or why didn’t I run when I had the chance? You have no idea how many kids he has locked up in those three places,” Cash said between his teeth, sounding so much older than he should have.
Nobody spoke and Cash took that as the okay to continue. “He shows me all of his business because I’m his only family. He thinks I won’t betray him and that I’ll take over when he’s gone.”
“Why are you turning him in?” Real asked gently.
“Because he’s got three-year old Josiah.” Cash clenched a fist on the table and his other around the forgotten mug.
“What the fuck was a three-year-old doing on the streets?” Thane hissed, and Savage placed a hand on the man’s shoulder.
“He wasn’t. Josiah was snatched from a drug house,” Cash said.
“Why didn’t you go to the cops?” Thane asked.
Cash looked at Thane like he had a screw loose. “Cops? First, Solomon has connections and secondly, he would have killed as many kids as he could before the cops even stepped through the doors.”
“What do you mean?”
“He has booby traps.”
“So why are you telling us now?” Echo murmured, pressing on Cash’s shoulder in comfort.
“Because you got us out of that place.” Cash’s voice cracked, reminding Echo of just how young twenty-one-years-old could really be. “You saved me, Apollo, and Azrael. And I figured if you could do that, you might be able to save the rest. You are one of the originals.”
“Originals?” Dave asked.
“Yeah, the original three. Echo, Rogue, and Fisher,” Cash said.
“Okay, thank you, Cash. Let’s take a break,” Dave said gently and Cash hurried from the room. The rest got up to stretch their legs and get fresh coffee.
Echo, along with Ice, stepped out into the hallway and found Cash and Apollo waiting.
“Cash told you everything?” Apollo asked him.
Echo nodded. “We’ll meet up in a few hours and make a plan.”
“Can we help?” Apollo offered.
“No,” Real said flatly, coming to stand next to him and Ice.
“Not this time,” Echo said gently, shooting Real a glare.
