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Lemon took a pull of the water, swished her mouth out, then spat again. Then she took several gulps before wiping her mouth again with her arm.
“Fuck you, Blaze.”
Blaze smirked. “You ain’t old enough, sweetheart.”
Lemon bared her teeth and threw the bottle at him. Blaze caught it with one hand before standing and reaching out a hand to her. Lemon ignored him and stood to stride to the closed door. She didn’t look back.
“Yeah. Good luck with that one, Wylde.”
“Leavin’ her up to her sister. I just work here.”
Despite everything that had just happened, I wanted to smile. But I couldn’t. There was still the matter of Jordan to resolve.
“Let’s get out of here. We need to find Jordan.” As much as I wanted to, I knew I couldn’t let the woman go. I wanted to turn it over to the cops and take my girls home, but the woman was too dangerous to leave out there to her own devices.
As we approached the entrance the police entered the building. I recognized one of the men from Danica’s house. The one Lemon had given hell when I’d arrived at their house. The one who’d shot Dani. He nodded as he approached me. I wanted to shoot him in the face.
“What happened to him?” He nodded to Leo lying on the floor of the hall, blood steadily oozing from the wound on his head. Other officers filed past us, hunting for more threats.
“He turned his back on Lemon, thinking we were the real threat.”
Surprisingly, the guy snorted. “Yeah. Big mistake. Anyone hurt besides him?”
“Don’t know. Possibly. The school resource officers and the ROTC teachers would have been the main responders in the school. One of the first teachers we came to was worried they might be injured. Or worse. There’s another woman you need to find.” I pulled my phone out and pulled up Jordan’s picture. “Lemon said she dropped this guy off. I’ve got proof she’d been baiting this guy for months.”
“It possible she’s still here?”
I shrugged. “Don’t know.”
“Was it you three who got the students and teachers out?”
“We cleared the hall and sent them in the direction we’d come from. Or out the windows. But we did our best.”
“We’re glad someone got here in time to help. We were caught blind, deaf, and flat-footed.” The guy looked equal parts angry and anguished. “This happened at the worst possible time.”
“Looks like it’s all clear,” one of the other officers said over the radio. “Got three male adults with injuries, one severe. Other than that, lots of scared people.”
“Make one more check. I want every single closet and cubby double-checked before we release the lockdown. Looking for a female in her twenties. Blonde. Slender.” He looked back at me. “I’ve got to go meet with the principal for the walk-through. I’ll make sure everyone on each team knows to be on the lookout for this woman.” He stuck out his hand to me. “Thanks for keeping the kids safe.”
I took his hand, my opinion of the guy going up several notches. Didn’t mean I still didn’t want to at least maim him for shooting Danica.
“Glad we were able to help. I’m sending you another file. The one that shows the trail between Leo and Jordan. And how she pushed him into this on the same day and time your communications were taken offline for an update.”
“Wait.” His eyes narrowed. “Leo… Winston?”
“Yeah. He’s the former mayor’s nephew or some shit.”
“And Jordan?”
I shrugged. “Besides a sociopath? I have no idea. I think she liked to play with people. Leo was a convenient target for her to use to get back at Danica.”
“Trust me when I tell you we will find her. I have no desire to be the cause of someone’s death, and I very well could have been because of that bitch.”
“All I can say is that you better find her before I do.”
He raised his hands. “I don’t want to hear it, man. I do and she turns up dead, I still have a duty to investigate you.”
“I kill her, there won’t be anything for you to find.” I smiled to take the sting out of my words, but it probably looked as evil as I felt at the moment.
