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“Bennett, Meri drove me here and had to drive back to the hospital alone. Tell me, which is more dangerous? Her or me out there?” I glared at him, and he knew I was right.
“It’s not ideal for either of you, but I can’t protect everyone. I’ve already lost a friend. I don’t want to lose you too.” I’d never heard him speak like that and didn’t question his honesty. This was the first time I’d ever seen Bennett worried. Usually, he was the rock, or maybe that was just the way he wanted us to believe he was.
“You won’t. I promise you that. But I need to know. What did that guy do? I mean to make him go to such extremes to get away,” I asked.
“He killed a young woman. Eighteen years old. It was horrible and brutal. He almost got away with it too. If it wasn’t for a witness that had been tracked down, we might not have ever found him the first time,” Bennett explained.
“Wow. That witness must be scared shitless right now. I mean, if he’s coming back, he must know that someone out there ratted him out.” Maybe it was all the crime shows I watched for hours late at night, but a criminal always tried to cover their tracks and eliminate anyone who could identify them.
“She’s safe.”
“You have people watching her?” I asked.
“We sent her to the US. She’s being watched over very closely,” Bennett stated.
“Don’t you need her back for the trial when you do catch him?” I asked.
“This is not the States, Ryker. They are not going to have him in a courtroom in front of a twelve-person jury. He’s already been proven guilty. Now it is time for him to pay for his crime.”
I didn’t want to know if he meant corporal punishment or not. He killed a young woman, so whatever the law decided to do with the asshole was fine with me. I couldn’t stomach anyone mistreating a woman. Our parents raised us to respect women. If any of us even raised a hand to a woman, my father would’ve beat our ass. And rightly so, too.
“Does this asshole have a name,” I asked.
“Mombo.”
Odd name. “And a picture of him?”
He scanned his phone, then turned it to me. “This is the latest one we have. He easily could’ve changed his appearance.”
He looked more like a caveman in this photo. Missing a tooth, long hair that hadn’t been brushed in a long time. Mombo obviously had been living off the grind which was why Bennett had a difficult time locating him before now.
I made a mental note of what I could grab. “What can I do to help?” I asked.
“Stay out of my way. Don’t leave the resort.”
“Yeah. That’s not going to work for me. I agreed to help Reesa. And from everything I’m learning about Tabiq, she needs to win. This country can’t lose someone like her.”
“I’ve got my men watching over her 24/7,” he stated.
“Then there should be no problem if I go to meet with her,” I stated.
“Guess not.”
“And the hospital must always be a safe place,” I said.
“It is. What’s your point?” Bennett asked.
“That I am going to meet with Meri for lunch and to have my stitches out. And before you say that you’re bringing me, you’re not,” I stated firmly.
“You do know that you signed a contract with the resort when your room was booked,” he reminded me.
“That’s for guests. I’m not one. I’m working for the president, thanks to you,” I smiled. “And if that guy is back in Tabiq and kills again, it will reflect on Reesa. She will appear to be weak, and it will be used against her by her opponents.”
Bennett’s eyes widened. “Fuck. That’s it.”
“That’s what?” I asked, feeling lost.
“Mombo is back because one of them knew where he was. They are bringing him back. And we couldn’t find him because one of them had been protecting him.” Getting up and pacing, he swore again. “Fuck. Why didn’t I think about that?”
