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‘You must have heard wrong.’
‘I didn’t.’
Through a clenched jaw, I repeated myself. ‘You must have heard wrong.’
If it was true, was I complicit? My brain refused to allow it.
‘I heard right. And this is my way to end this war for good. Help me?’
‘You need to stop this.’ I needed time to think.
‘I thought you saw me, believed in me?’ Her eyes pricked with tears that only made my head spin more.
‘I did. I do.’
‘Then don’t get in my way.’
Shouldering me, she moved to leave until I grabbed her wrist, holding her in a tight grip. ‘I am not letting you pursue this. He won’t hesitate to blow your brains out if he catches you.’
Narrowing her eyes, she looked at me in disgust, her voice lowering to a whisper. ‘Are you going to keep me prisoner? Pin me down like he wants you to? Are you going to put me in my place?’
The sheer disgust on her face made me drop her wrist as I stared at her.
‘Maeve,’ I said, reaching out to touch her face, wanting to right things. Everything was wrong.
‘Don’t,’ she said, moving past me. ‘If you aren’t going to help me, just don’t get in my way.’
Rooted to the spot, I went over it all in my head multiple times. Our business couldn’t be involved in trafficking, there would have had to be some kind of evidence. I couldn’t have missed it. The very thought sent me to the wastepaper bin, my stomach heaving up my lunch. The money I spent, the island, the mansion and apartments... was it possible that it was more that just the money from drugs and coercion?
No. No! My fist hit the wall as I tried to relieve the pressure building inside of me. It couldn’t be true. Blood gathered at my knuckles where they’d collided with the wall, but the pain didn’t help this time.
Why would Maeve lie? She must have believed that it was true. Whether or not it was. She believed enough to do something about it.
Fuck.
Involvement in trafficking would explain the stranglehold he maintained over not just the criminal underworld, but those in high-ranking positions too. People he should have no hold over at all.
The world lurched as I steadied myself against the desk and tried to breathe. My breath came in short bursts, my lungs burning as I almost choked on them. What had I done? I’d accused Maeve of lying. I hadn’t believed my girl. I’d treated her like all the other men in her life and discarded her opinion.
Grabbing my phone, I pulled up her name and dialled. Straight to voicemail. I left a message, begging for her to call me, telling her I was sorry and that we needed to talk.
Storming from the room, I hit the hall running. I needed to find her. Needed to show her I believed her.
Katie stood in the entrance hall, eyebrows lifting as I ran into the room, my breath catching in my throat.
‘Where’s Maeve?’
Katie paled at the sight of me, bloody knuckles and all. ‘What did you do, Cam?’
‘Where is she?’
She shifted uncomfortably, her fingers tightening around the handle of her suitcase. ‘She left.’
‘With Benny?’ I could call him to talk to her.
Katie opened her mouth, then closed it, shaking her head. ‘I let her take my car.’
‘Some of the guys are tailing her, right?’
