Tanner frowns. “Why? Don’t you have Hudson? Just ask him.” He, too, is in the video with the woman, walking around the Airport.
“Can’t.” Haidyn shakes his head.
“Did you kill him already?” Trey, the youngest of the brothers laughs.
“Nope, but I ripped his eyes out. He can’t see shit. And when I asked, he refused to cooperate.” Haidyn grunts.
“You ripped his eyes out and he survived?” Trey sounds impressed.
“Very fortunate, I know.” Haidyn smiles proudly.
“Why is she important?” Turner, the middle brother, takes a look at the video.
“She was a Queen,” Titan answers. “A few years back.”
“She’s also my assistant,” Hooke adds. “Has been for two years now. As far as I knew, she didn’t know the Lords existed. Then she gets spotted with one in Vegas…” He shakes his head. “We’re missing something.”
“Technically, Hudson isn’t a Lord,” Saint reminds him.
“Close enough.” Hooke huffs. “Whether he had been initiated or not, he was still working for them.”
“Maybe she was working that weekend?” Turner offers.
“No,” Titan says. “All bookings for Queens go through me. She knows that.”
“Maybe he offered her a bonus to keep it hush-hush. Old client who wanted to meet up? I’m sure it happens.” Trey shrugs and adds, “You can clearly tell she’sworking.”
Titan runs a hand through his hair, not wanting to argue because it could be possible.
Hooke speaks. “That’s an option, but she told me she was coming here for a photo shoot.”
Tanner sits back, crossing his arms over his chest. “What kind of photo shoot?”
“It was for a magazine. The photographer was Harvey something.” He waves his hand in the air.
The Mason brothers exchange a look, and Hooke steps forward and barks, “Fucking speak.”
Tanner stands and Haidyn grabs Hooke’s upper arm to pull him back from the table. “We’ll check the cameras. Do a facial recognition, but it could take a few days.”
“We’ll wait,” Saint tells them.
“What exactly are we looking for?”
Hooke sighs because that’s an open question. “If she was with one Lord, I’m assuming she knows others.” He shrugs. “I’d look through footage before and after the date that she was here with Hudson.”
Tanner nods. “We’ll keep you updated.”
FORTY-ONE
EVERETT
“Charlotte?” I tap her shoulder.
“Hmm?” She opens her heavy eyelids and looks up at me.
“The movie is over.”
She pushes out her bottom lip. “I slept through the entire thing?”
