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“And Mr R wouldn’t have known of the link because we have an agreement in place about your pasts that’s similar to the one that we have for when Jynx works with us.” I point out.
“We need to call Mr R, now,” Lucien orders, and Trick nods in agreement, pulling out his phone and dialing, putting it on speaker so that we can all hear.
“Trick, is everything okay?” Mr R starts.
Trick wastes no time, knowing that Lyric and the guys must be going out of their freaking minds right now, “How do you know, Quinn Relipsek?”
“Where did you hear that name?” Mr R’s voice is sharp.
We all share a perplexed look, not expecting that response from him as Trick replies, “He’s a part of Lyric’s family. They thought that he went off on an adventure that he was prone to do, except he never came back. They thought it was because of personal reasons. Except, we’ve just had a break in the Rylie case, and one of the people in the files is Quinn. He’s still alive, and it says that there’s a link with you.”
“Fuck,” Mr R curses, and before any of us can question him, he continues, “I honestly thought that he was dead. We were sent a finger and a pretty fucking convincing video. You have to believe me that if I had any idea that Lyric was the woman that he was so fucking in love with, I would have told you guys. He didn’t give me any information on his family other than to speak about the woman he was in love with and his brothers, which I now know meant you guys. Like most people at the organisation we kept the details of our private lives secret, but that was especially so for Quinn because he wasn’t actually technically employed by us. I had no way of finding you guys and telling you what we thought at the time had happened, and we fucking tried. In fact, I still have some of the tech team trying to locate Quinn’s family so we can inform them. He kept you incredibly well protected.”
I glance at Lyric again, and it’s no surprise that she’s got tears streaming down her face.
“That sounds like Quinn,” Atlas smiles, and I remember that he knew him quite well since he came to this town so often.
“If I had known that it was you guys, I would have told you immediately,” Mr R says again, and I know that it’s important to him that they know that.
“We know,” Ezra replies, his voice tight with emotion.
“How do you know him?” I ask, infinitely curious and sensing that the others are reeling too much from the revelation to say anything else.
“We grew up in the same town actually, and he used to do some jobs for me every now and then. I’m sure you know that he has a very unique skill set; he was happy to help me out, and then he went missing on a case that I had no idea was linked to Hunt, and we got the finger and the video.” Mr R explains.
“Fucking hell,” Jensen mutters, “that’s wild.”
“I’m so fucking glad that he’s alive,” Mr R’s words are filled with relief, and it's evident that he genuinely cares about Quinn.
“Obviously, we will extract him along with Rylie,” Trick tells him.
“Of course. Do you know where they are?” he asks.
“Yeah, Rylie somehow managed to get a message and an encrypted photo sent to Ever. The photo contains hundreds of files, and so far, we’ve managed to find that they’re people that are of interest to him, and as far as we can tell, they’re involved with or directly under the control of Hunt.” Ace explains.
It’s a unanimous and unspoken agreement that we’re going to leave Lyric and her men to gather themselves before we try to get them involved in the conversation again. They aren’t currently capable after everything that has just been revealed and need to get on the same page before they can tap back in, which is entirely understandable.
The rest of us all listen intently as Trick explains all of the details that we have so far, and Mr R asks the relevant questions.
When Trick is done and he’s fully caught up, Mr R asks, “What do you need for the extraction?”
“We’re going to need Alaric and his team if he’s available, Zemi and her team, and a couple of other teams as well. Obviously, we’ll be going in, and so will Jynx’s team and Noel’s.” Trick replies and then looks over at Lyric and her men, who are now listening, their features stony but determined.
Ezra and Creed share a look, and then Ezra adds, “Creed and I will also be attending. Lyric and the others need to stay here but we can’t not help. We need to get him out.”
“I thought you might,” Mr R replies, “I will get it all sorted. Let me know as soon as possible when you’re going out, and I’ll have everyone meet you at the location that you decide.”
“We will give you the information as soon as we have it,” Trick replies and then hangs up.
“Right, the first thing we need to do is see if we can get some live footage of the area so that we can see what we’re dealing with and if we’re going to encounter any issues,” Pete says, already tapping away on his laptop.
“You have to bring him home, Ever,” Lyric suddenly announces, staring at me pleading.
I get up, grasping her hands in mine and looking into her dismal and hurting eyes, as I reply, “Lyric, I promise you that we will bring him home.”
I will do everything in my fucking power to ensure that I don’t break that promise.
“Thank you,” Lyric replies, relaxing back into the seat as if the sheer weight of the revelation is pinning her down.
