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"I have no solid proof, all I have is suspicions."
He nods. "And those would be? Well besides being me that is." At least he can make fun of it. He understands that it wasn't anything personal.
I keep eye contact with him as I want to see what his reaction is when I tell him who I think it could be. "Right now, I'm very suspicious of Martin."
He sucks in a sharp breath, yeah he's shocked as shit. "Really? Martin? No, Boss I think you've got this wrong, too. I don't think he'd do this, he's not like the rest of us. He's too soft."
"Yes, I know that but with Martin all is not what meets the eye. There's something about him lately that just doesn't sit right. I want to know what it is." The last couple of weeks just little things have been nagging at me. The secret phone calls, the lies, and then to top it off there's now someone who's betraying me. It screams him, but like Barney said, he's not the type to do it.
"That may be so, Boss, but that could be just down to the fact that his mom's dying."
I frown. "Dying? Explain!" I demand. How the hell didn't I know about this before?
"Boss, she has cancer. This is her third bout, they say this time its incurable. She gets weaker by the day. That's why he's been so distant, so preoccupied." His voice low as he informs me.
"Why hasn't anything been said before?" Why is it only coming to light now?
He shrugs. "It wasn't for me to say. He didn't want anyone knowing just yet. I found out by accident, I overheard his phone call."
I'm silent as I process what I've just been told. I understand that he's pre-occupied but I'm not convinced he's not the one to do this shit. "I'm going to have to talk to him."
He stands. "Is there anything else?"
"Yes, I need you to..." The ringing of my cell stops me. Pulling my cell out my pocket, I see Jagger's name on the screen. "Jag?"
"Boss, I've found Carina."
"I thought you were talking to Sarah?" I ask, confusion setting in, I had sent Martin to find her, not Jagger.
"I was, but I got a call from her dad, she's turned up at her parents’ house."
Anger bubbles up inside. "Okay, where are you now?"
He chuckles. "In your sitting room, Boss, I know that you wanted to know where she was."
Getting to my feet, I end the call. "You're coming with me. Jagger's waiting for us." Walking out of my office, I see that my dad and Tina have left and Jagger's standing by the door tossing his keys in the air. "Jag," I say, as I walk towards him.
His eyes glance behind me to Barney. "He good?" he murmurs so that only I can hear.
I open the front door as I speak to him. "For now. He's coming with us. Time to finally sort that bitch out." It's been a long time coming, she's pushed me too far. I have two questions for her. Does she have anything to do with Mia and Lacey being missing and I want to know why she was with Juan. How did she know about him?
"You're in the back." Jagger tells Barney, his tone full of anger. He's not taking my word for it, he still thinks that Barney had something to do with this.
"Did he say why he's been such a jackass?" Jagger asks as we get into the car.
I bite back the smile as I hear Barney groan. "Well?" Jagger asks, starting the car.
"Fuck, you're a nosy fuck. I'm a chickenshit. Okay? I want to kill anyone I come in contact with. I fucked up with Lacey and I want her back safely so that I can rectify that." Barney admits.
Jagger glances at me, a look of relief in his eyes. "So he's a sap, not a rat."
I chuckle. "Sounds about right."
He stands. "Is there anything else?"
"What about Martin?" Jag asks, "I thought he would have found Carina, he's a good tracker."
I reach for my cell. "That's what I'm about to find out." I dial Martin's number and wait for him to answer.
