Page 51 of Lethal Weakness

“Sales likely help with funding their experiments. We still can’t account for the patients that they’re getting the organs from, though. The volume of sales suggests a lot of victims.”

This is so much more than two medical professionals defying their Hippocratic oath. “What else do I need to know?”

“They weren’t candid on their phone calls as to why they’re experimenting. We don’t know their end goal.”

“What if there isn’t one? They could be mad scientists who get off on unethical experimenting.”

“The web of players in this is too large to believe the Scotts are working solely for their own benefit. They are planning something, and someone is helping them hide this.”

“Okay. What do you need me to do?”

“Find out who the other players are, and then we will eliminate the Scotts’ part in it.”

“Could they be stealing bodies from the hospital they work in? Victims who die on the operating tables but don’t make it to the morgue?”

“Negative. There haven’t been any patient discrepancies at the hospital, and no bodies have turned up in any crime labs missing organs. Still waiting to crack the encrypted hard drives to get more info.”

“Roger that. I’ll keep digging on my end.”

“Stay safe, Eagle-One.”

The call disconnects, and I lean back in my chair to stretch my back. I only got about two hours of sleep before the call came in, and I know that’s all I’ll have for a while.

I don’t know if I’ll ever sleep again until I know Linden and Avery are safe for good. It definitely won’t happen while her ex is still harassing them.

“Jack!” Her voice gets picked up on my cameras, and any exhaustion I had in my body launches out the window as I scan my screens.

Linden is standing in her driveway with Avery in her arms, and four police cars blocking them in.

What the fuck?

I conceal my gun under my shirt and pull my hat low on my head as I exit my house.

“Jack, they’re trying to take Avery!” Linden calls to me as soon as she sees me, making the cops in front of her swing their attention to me.

When I brace my arm on the only sturdy part of the fence, swinging my legs over easily, it puts them all on edge. Two of them shift their hands to their firearms.

“Who are you?” The lead one asks, shifting his body as if to block me from getting to them. As if.

“The neighbor.”

He sniffs in annoyance when I stride past him without sparing him a glance. My eyes are on Linden.

“Then this has nothing to do with you.”

I’m glaring at him now. “The fuck it doesn’t. Four grown men are standing here intimidating a mother and her child. That is my business.”

The lead cop shuffles under my stare and jerks his head, forcing two of his officers back off. They go back to their cars on the road, but they don’t take their hands off their weapons.

“We have a court order for the child.” He points to the paper in Linden’s hand.

“Let me see it.” As soon as I’m within reach, Avery wiggles out of Linden’s arms and hugs my leg. Linden bites her lip nervously as I read the sheet of paper.

“What judge would sign a custody agreement like this without a hearing and without the mother’s say?” I snap at the officer.

“It’s at the bottom. Judge signed and notarized.”

“What does that mean?” Linden asks, and I curl my hand around the back of her neck.