AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“No, I’m going after that bastard—”
He scrambled up and Kara said, “Don’t be stupid, he’s leaving.”
“I’ll destroy him.”
A crash outside had Kara and Colton diving back behind the table, then there was more gunfire.
Matt, Kara thought.
She jumped up and ran to the side of the door, then cautiously looked out into the small parking area.
Meyers had crashed his car into Matt’s. She didn’t see what happened, but Matt was behind his driver’s door, gun out, and Meyers was stumbling from his car, clutching his side. Blood streamed from his head. He aimed at Matt but Matt fired and Meyers fell to the gravel, unmoving.
That’s when she noticed a man collapsed outside the broken door, unconscious and bleeding.
Kara saw no one else. Had there really only been two men?
“Quinn!” Matt called.
“We’re okay,” she shouted back and waved to him.
She walked over to the prone shooter and searched him, removed his gun, found his wallet. No ID. She cuffed him. Matt went to Meyers, kicked his gun away and cuffed him.
They met at the end of the small row of warehouses.
“No one could reach you.”
“They jammed our phones. They wanted this.” She reached down and handed Matt Colton’s phone. “Colton must have gotten something good yesterday for them to go through all this.”
Matt ran his hand up and down her arm. “You’re really okay.”
“Promise.” She touched his cheek, wiped away a small amount of blood. “You’re bleeding.”
“From the glass. I’m fine.”
He looked over her shoulder and saw Colton.
“He’s a cop,” Colton said and motioned to Meyers. “Is he dead?”
“I don’t know,” Matt said. “Ambulance is on its way.”
Will came out of the building at the same time two unmarked police cars with grille lights roared onto the street. Elena, Lex, Michael and a uniformed officer jumped out, looked at the two unconscious men. Michael immediately started first aid on Meyers, then stopped. “He’s dead,” Michael said.
“Meyers?” Lex said, incredulous. “Colton, what happened?”
“He wanted my phone. Shot up the place, we gave him Kara’s phone, he ran.”
“He hit my car and shot at me,” Matt said. “I returned fire and he went down.”
Elena was on the phone calling for more cops, an ambulance and the coroner. Kara didn’t envy her right now—sometimes, command sucked. Because after all this, there was a dead corrupt cop and Elena would have to go to the brass and explain everything.
“What did you have that he wanted?” Matt asked, opening Colton’s phone.
“Can I?” Colton asked, and Matt handed him the phone. “These are the photos I took yesterday morning at Sunflower. I don’t know what’s important here, because nothing stood out to me. This person? This is Muriel Coplin, Zarian’s sister. What’s she doing at Sunflower? She’s there because she and her brother are conspiring together,” Colton answered his own question. “Ben showed up immediately after, then four other people came in, about the same time, and I figured for a meeting. But I didn’t know any of them.”
They were all well-dressed. Two Asian men, a white man, and a Hispanic woman.
They scrolled through photos. “I know this person,” Kara said, tapping the screen. “I don’t know his name, but he was at Chen’s factory many times. He would come in, take several women, leave.”
