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“It’s a whole thing, huh?”
He nodded again. “A couple hours at most.”
“Can I leave or am I stuck here again?”
“You can. The people who created the problem are no longer an issue.”
She arched a brow. “Then I can go home and back to work.”
“We’ll discuss you going back to work tonight.”
“And home?” Carter avoiding the topic was his answer but she couldn’t help but push.
“I don’t know whether or not Brooks is here. I haven’t talked to him but?—”
No discussion about me going home. McKenna smiled internally. She wasn’t prepared to leave but knowing Carter didn’t want her to felt good.
“I’ll be fine. You said there’s no longer an issue, right?”
He shook his head. “Not with them, but there’s always an issue because of who I am, Kenni. I don’t want you getting too comfortable with the idea of not considering it’s always a possibility.”
It’s, as in someone trying to hurt me, to hurt you. The statement was only a quiet thought but a heavy one.
She nodded stiffly.
“Got it.”
“I won’t have a phone while I’m moving around. It will be in my car so it may take me a minute to get back to you. If you can’t get me, use the one I gave you to get ahold of Brooks.”
“And if he’s working?”
Carter’s brows pinched and she added, “I assume he won’t have a phone on him either, if he’s working.”
“No, he won’t but try us both.”
“I will but I don’t plan on needing either of you.”
Carter smirked and leaned forward so his eyes were level with hers. “I don’t think I like the idea of you not needing me.”
“That’s not what I meant.”
“I know, but it doesn’t change that I don’t like how it fucking sounded.” His mouth met hers for a ghost of a kiss before he walked away.
“I’ll see you when I get back.”
“Carter…”
He paused and caught her eyes over his shoulder, reading her thoughts. “I’ll always come back, Kenni, stop stressing.”
She relaxed and nodded, praying he always kept his word.
Before leaving his place, Carter did a general search on Alvin Jorden. He was always amused at how much of people’s lives were readily accessible, things that made it easy for people who wanted to do them harm to digest every detail of their lives. Where they lived, where they played, where they worked, ate, shopped. Most of it provided by people themselves in harmless ways such as social media. Other information was a few clicks away and accessible via financial records. Technology made tracking people easier than it should be.
At the moment, Carter was watching as Alvin left the gym he visited three days a week. According to his bank statements, he then purchased a smoothie from Blended.
“Who did you piss off, Alvin?”
Carter hadn’t uncovered any one thing that alarmed him about Alvin. The guy spent too much money on porn and gambling sites, but the rest of his life appeared to be pretty average. He worked for an investment firm, was single according to his habits and social media, and in debt he would never come from up under based on his annual salary and proclivities.
