“They seem like nice people.”
“They really were.”
“What happened to them?”
“Mimi passed away a few years ago, but my aunt and uncle moved to Florida about five years ago, and I haven’t had much communication with them since. They left this place to me, so I’d have somewhere to go if I ever decided to leave my club.”
She eyes me curiously. “Are you going to tell me what you found back at my loft?”
Cautiously, my eyes meet hers, knowing she’s going to freak out. “You might want to have a seat.”
“Is it that bad?”
Just the thought of it makes me wanna burn people alive, but I don’t tell her that.
“Bigfoot and Hannibal did a full sweep of your place. They went through every room, including the kitchen and dining area of your shop. They found some things.”
Leaving it vague may be the best option right now…
“What things?”
Then again, maybe not.
“Your shop is tapped with audio recording devices both in the kitchen and dining area. My guess is so that Moseley can use information he gets from it for extortion.”
“Extortion?”
Nodding, I take a step back to gauge her reaction. “The more information you have on someone, the easier it is to get them to do what you want.”
“I see.”
“There’s more.”
“Okay?”
“They found two cameras upstairs too. One in the bedroom directly above your bed. The other in your shower.”
“Are you serious?”
She sounds just as mad as I feel every time I think about it, though she probably doesn’t want to bathe in their blood like I do.
“I wish I were lying. Hannibal’s trying to pull the tapes, but if I had to guess, Moseley and his men have been recording you when you’re in the shower and sleeping.”
“Fudge, that’s just… violating.”
“Hannibal’s gonna do a search on the net to see if any videos of you pop up on the dark web.”
“Oh my goodness. I can’t believe what’s happening right now.”
I take her hands in mine. “I know it sounds scary, Mindy, but if there are videos out there, Hannibal will erase them. He’s really good at what he does, for being so old. He used to work for the CIA when he was younger.”
“How can we stop them?”
“By keeping our eyes open and you as far away from your bakery as possible.”
“I told you I can’t stop baking…”
“And you won’t. This house has two ovens. You can bake whatever you need to here and take it back to work in the morning.”
