AllFreeNovel
Share Us
”That doesn’t surprise me,” Jace said. ”He was a lowlife who nobody missed. No friends, no family. The only person who was even slightly upset he died was Victor.”
”Can you send me the list of names?”
He nodded. ”Of course,” he said. ”After that, it never really stopped. There was a body every week or every other week. We’ve had ten people dropped in the back alley behind the club. Ten. That’s prolific for a killer for years, nevermind a few weeks. That’s why we believed that it might be the work of a rival gang. But…it’s no one we care about, really? Like we’ve known a few of the victims. Victor knew the first one, I’d met the fifth one, Grayson walked past a couple of them on his way to work some nights. If they wanted to target us, then I expect they would come for us, not for an assortment of what’s mostly strangers.”
I looked between him and the computer screen. ”And what’s all the info you have here?”
”Standard stuff. Name, social media, their logins. Social security numbers. Their credit score. Access to their browsing history.”
”Standard stuff?”
He winked at me. ”I’m thorough,” he said. ”Then the thing beside it is who found them, when, and how.”
I scanned my gaze down the document, reading it quickly.
Only one of them hadn’t found a body.
Teo.
Chapter Twelve: Teo
IwatchedasJacespoke to Sofia, his gaze glued to her face. Jace was a handsome guy. He had no problem getting women and I knew he got around when he wanted to. I didn’t know why I had expected him to steer clear of Sofia without me making it explicitly clear that he needed to, but I hadn’t realized that it was something I needed until I was watching them interact.
I knew I was being unreasonable, but something about the way I had found her made me deeply protective of her.
As they spoke in whispers, I slid the door of the balcony open and took a step toward them. Sofia’s head turned quickly to look at me. It made Jace quiet down, but I could tell he was trying his best not to laugh.
”Send me her address,” I told him.
He typed something on his computer and my watch vibrated on my wrist.
”C’mon,” I said, looking at Sofia. ”Let’s go.”
Sofia's eyes widened. ”I don't want to go.”
”Don't worry,” I said. ”We're just going to pick up some stuff. You'll be okay.”
”I don't believe you.”
I sighed. ”Too bad,” I said. ”You can either walk out of here or I can drag you out of here. Your choice.”
Her jaw hardened, tears welling up in her eyes. She tilted her head back, clearly willing herself not to cry. ”Fine,” she said. ”I'll go with you.”
I extended my hand, but she didn’t take it.
”I parked my car by the club, so that’s where we’re going first,” I told her.
She gave me a sideways glance, but simply nodded when I spoke to her. I didn’t want her to be afraid, but I also knew that there was no way I could put her at ease. It was important for me to show her we were on her side, but the situation made that practically impossible.
”Ladies first,” I said when I opened the door of the apartment to the hallway. Sofia looked around, strands of curly hair falling past her ears.
She turned to look at me for a second then walked past, making sure to avoid me as she did so.
”Go straight,” I said. ”The exit is right in front of you.”
She did as I told her. I pressed my fingerprint into the scanner near the front door and it unlocked for us. The streets were mostly empty, a few people walked past us here and there. Sofia didn’t say anything; she just walked beside me in silence until we got to the front of Neon, right where I’d parked my car.
She looked up at the sign, which we kept turned off during the day. ”Do you guys actually make money from this?” she asked as I approached my Audi.
