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“I thought we had an understanding regarding McCall.” I can’t keep the grit out of my voice. I called him personally, and we agreed he wouldn’t allow Brett to get into further debt.
MacEvoy laughs bitterly and the hair on the back of my neck rises. Something is up. “I’ll be collecting that collateral after the game. I’m going to enjoy her so much.” I snap the pen in my hand as he continues to laugh. Ink spurts everywhere, and I grind my molars together, locking my jaw. “I hate that I have to wait until after the game though. Such a pity. She’s a fucking virgin.” He doesn’t know how close he is to death. I rise slowly from my chair and lean over my desk, putting my face close to the cell phone so he doesn’t mistake my words.
“I’ll kill you with my bare hands if you touch her. I’ve claimed her already. She is mine,” I growl, not caring that he’ll now have more leverage. But he’ll also realize how serious the situation is, how close to death he’s come.
“What?” he yells into the phone, and I hear a commotion over the line.
“You heard me, MacEvoy. I was waiting until she was eighteen, which is very soon. That’s why I asked you not to front McCall. He’s been taking money and stealing from her to gamble. She’s his own fucking sister. And she’s a fucking minor.” I know how much MacEvoy honors family. How much he values little sisters, because he has one himself.
“She’s his fucking sister? He told me she was just a random that he knew. That she wanted to get some extra money and was willing to use her virginity to get it.” I can hear the snarl in his tone.
“I’ll take her from your hands for the marker amount. Where do you have her hidden?” This explains why she’s missing.
“I don’t. He told me he was taking her somewhere because she was worried and scared where she was at.” He sighs, and I can almost hear him shake his head.
“Blyad,” I spit out the Russian curse word for “fuck” as I pull the hair tie from my hair.
“He’s supposed to bring her to me after the game. It’s his way of making sure I don’t take the money back or turn on him.”
“She’ll be eighteen soon. That’s the reason he’s keeping her from you.” I sit down heavily in my chair. All the stress tightens my body. I have to find her. “Where could he have taken her? I’ll still pay the marker amount.”
“There is interest.” I can hear the cogs rolling in hissukabrain. He’s a bitch as far as I’m concerned. I could start a war with him over him taking my woman. I should have brought her in when I first saw her. I could have hidden her at my house while I stayed in the condo so I wouldn’t be tempted to fuck her.
“I’ll pay three quarters,” I offer, not a care for the money. The next thing I offer him is something I very rarely do. “I’ll also give you a seat in the game so you can get even with McCall where he’ll least expect it.”
“I’d like to break his fecking legs for lying to me. He said she was the illegitimate daughter of some casino owner.” He pauses a moment and then chuckles. “Is she your brother’s?” His laugh gets higher pitched and I rub my temples where a headache is forming. I can’t believe this asshole.
“No. She was raised as his sister. Maybe you can ask him, and we can get this figured out.”
“I’ll take the three quarters and the seat. Are you going to sit in too?”
I sit in on the games occasionally. It’s been several months since I last did. But right now, I want to hit McCall down several pegs. And if I can wipe the poker table with him, it would be good.
“You know I will.”
He laughs again. “Between the two of us, we can wipe him out.” He hangs up on that comment, and I look up at Mikhail.
“What do you have?”
“I have a couple of people who owe McCall favors but not money. He could have hidden her with them. I’ve been running the surveillance and figured out how our guys didn’t see what happened.” He pauses and I wait. I’m not going to be very patient though. Mikhail looks through the footage on his laptop again. “She was taken out the back of the apartment building through the service exit. I’ve followed the van she was in.” I grit my teeth and raise my brow when he pauses. “She was unconscious. I’m trying to get tighter on the camera to see if she was hurt in any way. I lost the van in an industrial park.” I watch as he swallows. He knows how upset I am over all this. “I’ll find her.” He turns and walks out of the room.
“Boss, he didn’t mean for it to happen, and he definitely didn’t know she meant that much to you.” Dmitri defends him.
“One day he’ll understand. Get some of your soldiers to follow McCall. Maybe he’ll lead us to where he’s hiding her.”
“Da.” He nods his head and walks from my office.
I pick up the mug of coffee on my blotter and throw it at the wall. Glass and liquid explode and fall to the floor.
I have to find her. I can’t allow her to be the collateral for all this.
To take my mind off the current situation, I decide to do some research on Sparrow’s parentage.
Four
SPARROW
Idon’t know how long I’ve been here. Without windows, I have no concept of time. I’m fairly certain it’s been several days though. I pace and do laps to pass the time and keep my sanity. Brett brings me food once a day but hasn’t let me out of the room. He hasn’t been here yet today. I’m getting concerned he is going to forget me.
