“A few months,” she admits quietly. “But it’s growing fast.”
Knox folds his arms over his chest. “And Victor thinks nobody’s going to notice?”
Audrey laughs bitterly. “My father thinks he’s untouchable.”
Something flashes across Bennett’s face then. He lifts his hand as if he’s going to reach for Audrey but quickly drops it at his side. Bennett lifts his chin. “Well, he’s messed with people I care about, and I’m going to do more than touch him.”
Bobby nods, completely oblivious to what Bennett is saying without saying it. Robert assumes that he’s talking about me, and there’s no doubt my son is protective of me, but it’s not just me he’s protective of.
Robert rubs his hands across his face. “Victor is nowhere to be found.”
“Where is Paul?” Knox asks.
Robert shrugs his shoulders. “Looking for Victor.”
I look at my husband. “So what’s the plan? We can’t let drugs into our area.”
Bobby reaches for me, wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me toward him. “We won’t. I promise you that.”
He looks between Bennett and Knox. I can tell he doesn’t trust Audrey, and I get it. She is a Sterling, but I’m beginning to think there’s more to her than the rival last name.
Bennett looks at me. “Dad made the order for us to buy up all of Sterling’s new purchases.”
I look at my husband. “That’s going to be quite expensive, right?”
He shrugs. “I don’t think we have much of a choice, do you?”
I agree with him. “You’re right.”
Audrey wraps her arms around herself. “My father doesn’t care who he hurts. My brother almost OD’d, and he still hasn’tstopped selling.” She huffs a breath. “As a matter of fact, my father is still having my brother sell the product, knowing he’s hooked on the stuff.”
Robert, Knox, Bennett, and I all stare wide-eyed at Audrey, and I put my hand over my chest, right over my heart. Who would do that to their son?
We’re all stunned into silence, but Audrey breaks it. “I can help.”
Bennett reaches for her this time and doesn’t stop. He puts a hand on her shoulder and says one word. “No.”
She looks up at him, and her gaze softens. “If that is going to help keep drugs off the street, then yes, I have to do it.”
Bennett and Knox are both shaking their heads, and Bennett looks at his father. “I’ll find him.”
“No,” Audrey practically shouts, but Bennett ignores her.
Knox puts a hand on her other shoulder. “Bennett and I will find him without putting you in danger.”
She looks up between the two of them, and it hits me. She likes them both.
My eyebrows skyrocket, and I feel heat rush to my face, so I force my gaze to Robert. “Give them a chance, Bobby.”
My husband’s eyes lift at the nickname. I don’t usually call him that in front of the guys, but today I did.
He reaches for my hand. “Fine. I’ll give you a week.”
Before Audrey can argue any further, the boys are pulling her from the office.
I wave to her and then turn to my husband. “That was interesting, huh?”
He’s looking down at the map of midtown. “What was interesting?”
