“Well, hear this,” Chux shares, voice dropping.“He found skid marks near the crash site.Not her car.Too wide, like a truck.And they circle around.Unique pattern to the tires.Got a call in to see what kind of tire it is and narrow some shit from that.The fuckers hit her and came back around to hit her again.”
My jaw clenches.“She was the target.”
“Looks like it.”A pause.“And the tire tread matches the truck from the gas station according to Nitro and some software he ran pics through.”
I feel my pulse spike, anger flaring hot in my chest.“They followed her.”
“Yeah.”
The rage builds.“They rammed her.”
“Yeah.”
“They were trying to kill her.”
“We’re working on the assumption, Riot.Not the certainty.”
“Bullshit,” I snap.“This is deliberate.You don’t take two hits at that angle by accident.”
Chux sighs.“I know.But we play it smart.Nitro’s working the cams.Looney’s cross-checking old enemies and new ones.We’ll have something.”
“Not fast enough.”
He’s quiet for a heartbeat.“We’ll make it fast as we can,” Chux speaks finally.“But don’t do anything stupid and don’t do that shit without a brother at your back.”
I hang up and pocket my phone.
Mellow eyes me.“That Chux?”
“Yeah.”
“Good news?”
“No.”
Shaft cracks his neck.“Great.”His face turns sinister.“Shit makes me twitchy.Homicide vibes.”
I ignore him and scan the tree line again.“Take first watch.Switch in four hours.”
Shaft nods and heads to the blind on the right side of the yard.
Mellow lingers.“You wanna talk about your lady friend in there?”
“She’s not my—” He cuts me off with his smirk.
“Brother.Riot.Buddy.Compadre.”He widens his eyes dramatically.“My man.She asked you not to leave her after meeting you for the first time all over again.That’s not casual hookup energy.That’s some fate shit.”
“Get off my porch.”
Shaking his head he doesn’t press me further.Instead, he salutes and strolls toward the driveway.
I blow out a long breath and brace my palms against the railing.
The trees sway gently in the wind.Birds chirp.Nothing out of place.And yet I can feel it, the edge crawling under my skin.
Someone followed her.
Someone rammed her.
