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Chapter Twenty-Nine
Leo
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WE TOOK MY CAR, WITHTam in the passenger seat and Hallie in the back. It was half past three in the morning, and the roads were as quiet as they ever got in London. Black cabs ferried partygoers across the city, and early morning delivery drivers were making their drops. We took the Hungerford bridge across the river and drove through central London. In doorways, groups of homeless people huddled on top of cardboard and under blankets.
Greyson Gilligan lived in Islington, while his two sons, Bruno and Aiden, were in Camden. Greyson’s daughter, Ivy, was in Highbury, as far as I was aware.
“I think he’ll go to Greyson’s place,” Hallie said from behind me. “Greyson and our father always hated each other. Jayden will blame Greyson, whether Greyson knew about the attack or not.”
“You think there’s a chance he didn’t?” Tam asked.
She shrugged. “There’s always a chance.”
“If he was involved, he’ll be expecting retaliation,” I said. “He’ll be ready and waiting.”
Tam tutted. “And if he wasn’t involved and Jay kills him, this whole city is going to go down in flames.”
I tried to ignore the throbbing of my scalp while I asked Hallie another important question. “Is Jayden armed?”
She leaned between the driver and passenger seat. “Yes, he always keeps a gun on him. And if he hadn’t, he took Dad’s car which had a secret compartment specially designed for storing a weapon, one the police wouldn’t find on a stop and search.”
Shit.
“He can’t start shooting in the middle of Islington,” Tam said. “If Jayden doesn’t end up dead, he’d definitely be spending time in prison.”
We reached the area and cruised up and down the streets, looking out for the car that had once belonged to Marlon Wynter.
“That’s the Greyson place,” Hallie said.
It was hard to miss, and we pulled up on the opposite side of the road.
Greyson Gilligan’s house was a veritable fortress. A modern construction of concrete and glass, it would be worth several million. A tall black wrought-iron fence topped with security cameras ran right the way around it.
“It all looks quiet,” I said. “Let’s take that as a good sign.”
Tam craned his neck to get a better view of the house and the cameras. “There’s no way Jayden will be able to get in there. He’d have eyes on him in a second.”
Hallie bit her lower lip, clearly worried. “Jay is good with computers. Beyond good. If he went back home and got his laptop, there’s a chance he could hack into those cameras. He could put the feed on a loop without anyone inside even realising.”
None of us knew this about Jayden. It certainly wasn’t something the Wynter family had shared with us before. I knew Tam was thinking the same as me—what other secrets could they be hiding?
“Would he need to be nearby to do that?” Tam asked.
“Depends. He might have needed to hack into their Wi-Fi, or even that of the neighbours. I don’t think he’ll be far.”
