Demon and Knox walk out behind them.
“Where are you taking me? What’s this about?” Audrey screeches.
Kane rips his mask off, then raises his gun, aiming it at Audrey. “Where is Misty?”
Horror flashes across Audrey’s face. “Kane?” she whispers. Her shoulders fall. Then she looks at Knox. He takes his mask off. Her eyes dart to the bedroom they just came out of. “You didn’t have to hurt him.”
“Your bodyguard is only unconscious, but don’t think we won’t harm him if we need to,” Knox threatens.
“Tell me now!” Kane’s voice is deadly, making me think he might go through with it—he might kill Audrey.
Anger strikes me too. I yank the mask off my face and glare at her. “You saw Misty last, you lying bitch! Answer him!”
Tears line Audrey’s eyes.
Footsteps sound behind us. It’s the rest of the MC’s men. Audrey takes a step back. Reaper’s hand comes out in a stopping motion and the men pause.
“Have you got this?” Reaper asks Knox.
“All of you can go.”
Reaper answers. “I’ll wait outside. Do you want the electricity back on?”
“Yes,” Knox replies.
Reaper walks to the men.
Demon points to the bedroom. “Do you want me to take the bodyguard?”
“No!” Audrey shrieks.
“I’ll take him, if need be,” Knox answers him.
Demon’s shoulders sink.
I watch as the men walk down the hallway and then turn my attention back to Audrey. Silence crackles between us.
Knox shifts, turning. “Do I have to break some of the security guard’s bones to get you to talk?” He steps toward the room.
“It was an accident. Misty and I fought for a gun, and it went off,” Audrey blurts out. A burst of air escapes my lips.
“What did you just say? Are you saying she’s dead?” Kane asks softly, sounding afraid of her answer.
Tears flood Audrey’s face. She nods sharply.
The agony that flashes across Kane’s face breaks my heart. The wound from Misty’s disappearance has just been sliced open again. My head pounds, my heart aches, and my vision blurs.
“Tell us everything!” Kane screams at her. “Now!” He brings the gun closer to her, only an inch from her head.
Audrey swallows hard, her eyes on the floor. “Misty came over that day and was waiting for you,” she says, making eye contact with Kane. “She told me she was pregnant with your baby. Could you imagine the scandal we would have had with her being pregnant, with you as the father? The both of you were too irresponsible and young. You could never have raised a child at that age.”
His lip curls. “I didn’t ask for your opinion. I asked what happened to her,” he roars.
Audrey flinches. “I suggested that she have an abortion, but she refused, though she was ashamed of the baby and didn’t want to disappoint her family and you,” she says as she stares at Kane. “I thought there was one option left, and that was to give birth to the baby in secrecy and put it up for adoption. So, before you came home, I told Misty we had a holiday house she could stay at.”
The pieces fall together. “Everything was a lie. You played everyone!”
She looks at me with tears and remorse in her eyes. “We ended up getting rid of Misty’s phone and car. Misty and I came up with a plan that she supposedly came to break up with Kane and left because she needed some space but would be back. I was supposed to tell everyone that she told me instead, because Kane wasn’t home, but I didn’t say anything to anyone, and after that the lies kept on piling up.”
