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I look over at him when he gets beside me and tell him, “Just don’t smudge my makeup.”
“What?” He cranes his head as he passes. “Were you talking to me?” He pulls his phone out of his pocket and doesn’t wait for me to respond as he slips into the men’s restroom.
“Wow.” I laugh and grip Claire’s arm. “I was fucking wrong on that one.”
Claire shrugs. “Can’t help it, all men look creepy.” She points to the women’s door. “I’m going to pee while we’re back here. You coming?”
“You think I’m going to leave you alone?” I follow her into the bathroom where there surprisingly isn’t a wait.
Claire goes straight into a stall, and I make my way to the full-length mirror.
I’m fixing my dress when another girl walks into the bathroom. I flinch at her arrival but soften my resolve when I see her walk over to a sink near me.
“June?” she says to me.
The noise from the club flows in here and makes me do a double-take. I turn toward her and nod, stepping a bit closer. “Yeah?”
“Listen,” she bridges the gap and lowers her voice. “Some guy paid me a grand to come in here and tell you that if you don’t walk out of here and turn right down the hall, he’ll put a bullet in that pretty blonde friend of yours.”
Cora.
“Wh-what?” I blurt out and shift my gaze at the stall Claire had gone into.
“He said if you don’t come alone, he’ll kill all your friends, starting with her.”
And because there’s not a damn chance in hell I’m going to risk Cora’s life, I do exactly what this girl says and slip out before Claire is none the wiser.
30
COEN
“What the fuck do you meanyou lost her?” I shove Bryant. “You were in charge of lookout.” I furiously point at Dominic. “The fuck were you doing when she was taken?” I don’t even look at Beckett because if I do, I will fucking murder him just for putting his grimy fucking hands on her.
“Explain to me again what happened?” Johnny steadies Claire’s shoulders.
Claire shakes him off. “She thought it was that guy. It wasn’t. So we went into the bathroom. I went into a stall and when I came out, she was gone. There was someone in the stall next to me but she came out after me. I checked under every one before I rushed out here to find you guys.”
“I have my team pulling surveillance as we speak.” Dominic latches onto Bryant’s shoulder. “You come with me.”
Beckett opens his mouth to speak but Dom cuts him off.
"You two, canvas the place again." He points to me and Beckett. "You two, find something fucking useful to do instead of killing each other."
They all leave me and Beckett behind in this alley. My desire to follow through with what Dom had said stronger than ever.
Beckett takes off in the opposite direction.
“Where the fuck do you think you’re going?” I call after him.
“To get our girl back.” He doesn’t stop walking, just continues stomping down the damp alley.
I rush to catch up to him, grabbing him by the arm and stopping him. “What the fuck does that mean?”
He turns toward me slowly. “If you touch me again, I will put a fucking bullet in your head. If you try to make me waste another second of her being out there, afraid and alone, I will—”
“Yeah, I fucking get it. Big bad Simon Beckett.” I throw my hands up. “What’s the plan, Sherlock?”
Beckett taps at his chest. “The necklace she’s wearing. It has a tracking device.”
