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Hack fought the urge to scold her. What the hell had she been thinking, going to these places on her own? Not only were they places that would cause her a lot of emotional pain, but they were in a bad area of town. One, he’d never allow her to go to alone if he’d known.
But that was likely why she hadn’t told him. Because she’d known he wouldn’t allow her to go there. She’d broken so many rules he didn’t even know where to begin.
However, he had to push that all to one side. Because what she needed right now was support not a scolding.
“That’s when I drove over to the restaurant. But it was all boarded up. I went around the back.”
Sav groaned. “Greer.”
Hack shot him a look. “What next?”
“I managed to pull off some loose boards. I got a splinter. Look!” She held her finger up to him.
“I hardly think a splinter matters right now, Greer,” Cash said.
Hack scowled at him. “It matters because it hurt her.” He took her hand and kissed her finger. “I’ll get you a special Band-Aid when we get home.”
“And I get some treasure?” she asked, looking utterly exhausted.
His poor girl.
“Of course you do. If you’re a good patient and do what you’re told.”
“I’m always a good girl.”
They all stared at her in disbelief.
“Well, mostly.” She pouted, and he ran his finger over her cheek.
“Keep going, Ladybug.”
“I climbed into the building and I was looking around. There was this chair off to one side. The restaurant was at the front, but it was in this back room that Matthew and his friends . . . they . . . they were beating this man.”
“Beating him?” Cash asked. “Do you know who he was?”
“No,” she said. “I still don’t remember it all. But his friends, they belonged to that gang. The Devil one.”
“Devil’s Kingdom?” Sav asked.
“Yes.”
“You didn’t remember any of this before?” Cash asked, looking concerned.
“No. They were asking him if he was a rat. I don’t know what that means. He kept saying he wasn’t but they still kept hitting him as though they thought he’d change his answer. But I don’t think he could answer their other questions. I don’t think he was the person they were looking for.”
“Fuck,” Cash said.
“You got something to say?” Sav asked. “Do you know something about this?”
“How would he?” Greer asked. “He’d disappeared two months before.”
“Were you involved with the Devil’s Kingdom, Cash?” Sav asked.
“What? No. But . . . Ralen and I were getting tight with some other guys that were low level in a different gang.”
“Not the fucking Rykers?” Duke snapped.
“Yeah.”
