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“Seamus went to meet with one of the bikers from the Iron Horsemen, and Kiernan is getting everything set up for the gala.”
The gala.
“I managed to convince my father to let me go to the gala,” I told him. “Drew apparently wants to show me off since he’s never had the chance before.”
“That’s one less thing we have to worry about.”
I agreed.
“I’m hoping to be able to get into my father’s office tonight once everyone is asleep.”
“That’s good,” he said. “Just remember not to take any unnecessary risks.”
“I won’t,” I assured him. A pause hung in the air between us. “Umm…can I ask you a favor?”
“Of course.” He sounded surprised I’d asked.
“Could you track down a resignation letter for me?” I asked him.
“Whose?”
“Apparently mine,” I said. “When I called my boss to check in and apologize for being MIA, he said I had submitted my resignation last week, but I never did.”
“You sure?”
“Yes,” I assured him. “I was in Oregon last week, working on a cold case that had links back to one of the Capitol Hill murders. Plus, he said it was emailed, and I haven’t had access to my company email for over two weeks due to a security error.”
“Why would someone submit a resignation on your behalf?” he wondered. “Could it be your father?”
I shrugged. “Maybe, but why wouldn’t he just tell me? I’d argue, but in the end, I’d have no other recourse than to obey him. Otherwise…” He already knew what would happen. I’d told him what my father did when I refused to obey.
“I’m wondering if whoever tampered with your spark plugs is the same person who submitted your resignation.”
What?
“My spark plugs?”
Liam groaned. “They didn’t tell you, did they?”
“Tell me what?”
“Shit.” Another groan. “The reason your car broke down in that parking lot was because one of your spark plugs was faulty.”
“That’s impossible,” I told him, anxiety welling inside me like a hot-air balloon. “I just had my car serviced before I drove to Oregon.”
“I’m not sure what to tell you, Bailey,” he said. “But someone out there is trying to move you around like a piece on a chessboard. If I were you, I’d watch your back.”
There was an eerie truth to Liam’s words. I was being manipulated, and I doubted that these two incidents were isolated. Whoever was doing this wanted something from me, but what? What did anyone have to gain from putting in a resignation letter on my behalf? They must have known that sooner or later, I would find out about it.
Unless whoever did it hadn’t planned on me never being able to refute the letter.
I thought back to what Liam said about my spark plugs. I’d just gotten them serviced. The man who had worked on my car was an old friend of mine, which likely meant that it wasn’t him. Carlos was too good a guy for that.
So somewhere on my journey to Oregon and back last week, someone had switched one out. But when? And why?
If I were you, I’d watch your back.
Liam was right.
