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I shrug and try to repress a smile as I reply, “I’m just going to give them a little nudge in the right direction.”
“And I’m going to help her while I’m around,” Jynx adds.
“Yes,” I say excitedly, “I was hoping you were going to say that.”
“Of course, I’m helping. It’s obvious enough from the phone call, and I love happy endings,” Jynx replies.
Atty can’t help but chuckle, “I agree that they need a little nudge. Just be careful though; they need to go at their own pace, or it won’t last.”
“Look at you being all smart and sensitive and shit,” Jynx muses, a teasing note in her voice.
“Don’t tell anyone. It’ll ruin my reputation,” he retorts with a smile.
“Your secret is safe with me,” she giggles, setting me off in the process.
The drive back home is full of banter and laughter. There isn’t any point in discussing what happened at headquarters because we need to talk it over with everyone, or we’ll just end up repeating ourselves.
“So, how did it go?” Trick asks as soon as we walk through the front door.
Before any of us can answer though, Rafe interrupts, “Food is on the table; we can talk and eat.”
“I can definitely cope with that,” I agree, dumping my jacket and boots near the front door as we follow Rafe through to the dining room and greet everyone else.
Once Jynx and I are finished giving out kisses, we take our seats, our plates piled high with some kind of pasta dish that smells absolutely amazing; Trick looks at us to start explaining.
Since my mouth is full of food, Atlas takes over the explanation. He tells them everything that Gauld told him and about the two locations that he mentioned.
“Well, I know for certain that the second one you mentioned is actually in the same area as one of the locations that Rylie made a check-in from. One of the last of her check-in points, actually.” Peter says.
“Are you sure?” Jynx asks.
Pete nods, “I’m pretty sure, but I can double-check after we’ve eaten.”
“Good idea,” Trick replies. “So there’s potentially more innocents that need to be rescued?”
“There might be. Mr R has got people double-checking that the families of the other members of Gauld’s team are safe and that none of them are missing. He should know for sure by tomorrow afternoon,” I reply.
“Hopefully, they’re all fine. As bad as it sounds, Rylie is highly trained and will be able to cope with whatever this psycho can throw at her. Innocents won’t,” Jensen says, and there are sounds of agreement from everyone sitting at the table.
“If there is a link with one of the locations and Rylie, then we need to go and check it out. Gauld was pretty adamant that everything would have been closed down and moved, but we still need to go and make sure we can’t leave anything to chance,” Atlas adds.
“I agree. We’re working with so little information already that if we can find even a small piece of something to help us, then we need to take that chance, despite how slim a chance it is,” Rage adds, his eyebrows dipping slightly.
I don’t think any of us appreciate the lack of information that we’re working with on this case, especially since it’s personal.
“I think we need to check out both locations. Any information that we can find about Hunt is going to help us in finding Rylie and potentially any others that have been taken as well,” Rome suggests.
“Yes, we do. Let’s finish dinner and then find out where these locations are, and then we can go from there,” Trick suggests.
Dinner is rushed through after that, but I make a whispered promise to the leftover pasta that I will be coming back for it later. Of course, I’m not as quiet as I think I am, and Rafe ends up overhearing me and thinking it’s hilarious.
Pete manages to find the information that we’re all after quicker than I would’ve thought possible, and he brings the map up on the screen so he can point it out.
“So, the first location, which is the warehouse, is here,” Peter explains, pointing to the map and then adding, “It’s only about a forty-minute drive from one of Rylie’s check-in points, so we definitely need to look into that one as soon as possible.”
“Okay, what about the second location that he gave us?” Trick asks.
“That one I’m having trouble locating, and it’s going to take me a little bit longer,” Pete tells us, tapping away on his keyboard and frowning.
