“I want to show you something. I’ll explain it all.” We walked out into the hallway and he hit the button for the elevator. “Thanks, by the way.”
“For what?”
“For keeping our secrets.”
I smiled at him. “Even if I didn’t agree with what you guys were doing—and trust me I’ve mostly come to accept it—I wouldn’t have told Bowers a damn thing.”
“Why?”
“If he’s following me it makes him a creepy asshole. He could have just asked to begin with.”
“Would you have told him anything?”
“Absolutely not. But just starting out by following me? Demotes him to creepy asshole status. I don’t make the rules.” I shrugged nonchalantly.
He barked out a laugh. “I love girl logic. Keep secrets about dead bodies because the man investigating is a creep. We’ll look into him and see what we can find out. Until then, maybe you’ll do me a favor and stay home for a few days?”
I nodded in agreement, smiling because he linked our fingers together and kept holding my hand all the way downstairs. “I can do that.”
“Good. We’ll be here to look over everything. It’ll make me feel better having you here too.”
We walked into the building where their clubhouse was and went down the back hallway. My eyes widened as we entered a room.
OD and Flir were arguing with Ryan and Teddy. They were in a heated argument and hadn’t noticed us yet. My eyes scannedthe room as my jaw dropped. There were stacks upon stacks of cash everywhere. More money than I’d ever seen in one place before. “What in the-” I breathed.
“Give me a minute to handle this and I’ll explain,” Bolo said, letting go of my hand and striding toward the others.
It wasn’t just money, I realized. There were machines, money counters, and others I didn’t recognize, and weapons. Everything was starting to make a bit more sense, albeit with a hundred more questions attached. This must have been why the MC went to that apartment complex. My curiosity was killing me, and I couldn’t wait for the full story.
CHAPTER 31
Bolo
“Take it out,” OD growled at the boys.
“You won’t even miss it,” Ryan argued.
“Yeah, we hardly took any,” Teddy added.
“I miss it,” Flir barked.
“Well, yeah, okay,” Ryan said with a roll of his eyes. “Of courseyouwould miss it. But no one else would even know.”
Flir crossed his arms over his chest, scowling at the boys while OD held his hand out.
“What’s going on?” I asked.
“These two thought they’d borrow some money,” Flir replied, his scowl deepening.
I forced my lips not to twitch into the smile that was trying to break free. We had to be role models to these kids. Not sure who thought that was a good idea, but we were stuck in the position now. “You sure it was them and not Kilo?”
“He’s a zombie,” Flir told me. “No way he got in here, got the money out, and all without me noticing. He hasn’t exactly been running at full capacity since his kid was born.”
Ryan shot me a grateful look, then smirked at OD. “Good point. You’re accusing us without proof. How do you know it wasn’t any of the others?”
“What are you, a lawyer?” OD asked, glowering first at Ryan, then at me. OD gave me a look that I recognized very well.
Shrugging, I grabbed both teens by the backs of their shirts and lifted them off the ground. If my VP wanted to search them, it was no skin off my nose. A bill fluttered down onto the floor, having fallen out of Teddy’s waistband.
