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“I’ll figure it out, okay?” I made my way to her, cupped her face in my palms, and lifted it slightly so that her eyes met mine. “You’re safe with me.”
“But…”
“Youaresafewithme.”
“I’m safe with you.” She relaxed but only a little.
“Come on, let's go home.”
I grabbed her hand firmly, pulled open the door, and stepped into the hallway. Immediately I tucked Cress protectively into my side while we moved through the building. I kept my eyes on the faces around us, none feeling familiar and none paying us more than a cursory glance or a smile of acknowledgment but my mind was already in motion.
Something wasn’t right and it didn’t have shit to do with the way my thoughts had been spiraling lately.
* * *
After I knew for sure Cress was fast asleep, I stepped out onto the balcony and made the call I had been anxious to make since that first text came through. I sent a text to a trusted source to have the number traced and it came back as a dead end. The messages were delivered from a prepaid number which meant it wasn’t traceable to any one specific person. The only information I could find was that the number had just been activated a few hours before I received the text about Cress.
“Elias?” My name with a question mark at the end was how Kev answered my call.
“Where’s your boss?”
“I can’t tell you that. You left which means you no longer have access to that type of information.”
“You really want to tell me no, Kev. We both know I’m not a problem you want. Reno doesn’t give a shit about replacing you. I can give him a reason to.”
He laughed dryly. “You’re not here. I’m not really worried about you at the moment. Reno on the other hand is here which makes his priorities mine. I’m not telling you shit.”
“So he’s there?”
“Why the fuck are you asking, Elias? Again, you walked away. His business is no longer yours.”
Unfortunately, that wasn’t true.
He mentioned my wife.
He was on my radar.
“Just tell me where he is.”
“Tell me why you want to know.”
“Because I need to be sure he’s not somewhere he doesn’t need to be. Somewhere that might get him killed.”
Like near my wife.
“You really think subtle threats are smart when it comes to Reno?”
“Do you really think I give a fuck one way or another?”
He was quiet for a minute. Kev knew me as well as he knew his boss. Answering a simple question was safer than getting on my bad side which he proved.
“He’s here at the club.”
“You physically see him?”
“Yeah, I’m looking at him right now.”
“And he’s been there all night?”
