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“You were spying on me?” I asked angrily.
“Again, this was just set up. And it was more for your safety. Jack didn’t like that you and Parker lived here by yourselves, and after Rico broke in and stole all your money, he wanted to be able to keep an eye on you.”
“You’re telling me that Jack—the same Jack that was in prison—had cameras installed in my house to look out for me?”
She sighed, walking around me to her computer table. “Look, this will go a lot faster if I don’t have to explain everything twice to you.”
I shook my head in baffled amusement. “I’m sorry, but…this is all…so…”
“I know. And you were never supposed to know who Jack was.Honestly, we thought he would be out here for years trying to gather information on Baz.”
“For what reason?”
She cocked her head at me. “To take him down.”
I was beginning to feel light-headed. This had to be some twisted joke. There were too many things happening all at once. I didn’t care about taking down Baz or why Jack was here. All I wanted was my son back.
“That’s what Rico wants to know about,” I whispered.
“What?”
“I needed Rico’s help to get my son back. He said he wanted to know details about Jack—about who he really is. I need to call him,” I said, pulling out my phone. But Rae snatched it out of my hands, throwing it to the ground and smashing it with her foot.
“What are you doing?” I screeched.
“You can’t call Rico.”
“I have to! My son is missing! He’s four years old!”
“And Jack is missing,” she said emphatically. “We think he was taken by Baz and Rico. All we know at this point is that he’s most likely inside an abandoned hospital. I’m guessing they already started interrogating him, which means—” She pursed her lips as she stared at me. “Which means torture. Jack’s been through enough shit. Do you really want to call Rico and tell him who Jack is when he’s already defenseless?”
I didn’t. But I also couldn’t let my son suffer. I pressed my hand to my forehead, turning away from her. I knew that Jack was a good man. I felt it when I was with him. No, it wasn’t right to add to whatever was already happening to him. But my son…he was just a child. He didn’t deserve any of this.
“I’m assuming you have a plan,” Pete finally spoke up.
“We do. Sort of. We’re going to extract Jack, but we need some additional guns.”
“The police department?—”
“No,” she shook her head. “Sorry, but we can’t afford any mistakes on this one. I’m sure you’re qualified for a lot of things, but this is not one of them. I won’t risk Jack’s life.”
Pete didn’t look too pleased about that. “I may not be as qualified, but I’m not incompetent. I can still help.”
“Fine, you can cover outside the hospital,” Rae answered reluctantly. “In all likelihood, they’ll need a quick getaway.”
“I can do that,” he said, turning to me.
I took a deep breath, blowing it out. “So, we get Jack back and then what?”
“We need to find out who would want to hurt Rico,” Rae said.
“I can help with that,” Pete spoke up. “The guys on the gang task force have been looking into Rico. They might have something for us.”
“Good. In the meantime, I really need you to stay calm,” Rae said to me. “I know you want your son back, but moving too fast could cost us in the end. We need to have good intel before we make a move.”
I desperately wanted to trust her, but all I could think about was my son, scared to death, waiting for me to get him. Everyone else had a job to do.
Mine was to wait.
