A knock suddenly sounded at the door.
Ethan must have heard it. “Could that be her?”
“She has a key.” He crossed the room and checked the peephole.
The fuck?
He opened it, and before he could utter a word, Noah asked, “Is she here?”
“No. Should she be?”
“Her workplace said she left an hour ago, calls keep going to voicemail, and she’s not in her apartment.”
A cold weight dropped in his stomach. “Where is she then?”
Ethan, who could obviously hear everything, suddenly spoke over the line. “Has anyone checked with that Dean guy’s parents?”
Zane looked at Noah. “Have you tried Carlos?”
“I have his home number.” Noah lifted his phone and called. A second later, he shook his head. “No answer.”
That’s where he’d start.
“I’ll call you later,” Zane said quickly to Ethan before hanging up. Then he grabbed his keys and left his apartment, not even caring that he hadn’t locked up and left Noah behind.
In the car, he sped to the house. He knew where Carlos and Jane White lived because he’d asked Ethan for the information weeks ago, knowing that one day he might need it.
Two minutes later, he pulled up in front of a huge house with dark timber beams and slate-gray stone walls. Two cars pulled up behind his—Noah’s and a patrol car.
Zane didn’t stop or pause. He stormed to the door and banged on the wood. But it wasn’t Carlos or Jane who opened it.
Damien frowned. “Zane. Is everything okay?”
“Where is she?”
Footsteps sounded behind him.
Carlos sneered. “What the hell do you want?”
Behind him, Maisie and Jane also appeared.
“I want to know where the hell you’ve been this afternoon,” Zane growled.
The older man scowled. “That’s none of your fucking business.”
“It is if it has something to do with Bonnie.”
“Something happened to Bonnie?” Maisie asked.
A hand touched his shoulder, then Jesse spoke. “Zane. Step back.”
“Yeah, and while you’re at it, get the hell off my porch,” Carlos shouted.
“I’ll get off when I’m good and ready,” Zane retorted.
“The hell you will.” Carlos tried to lunge forward, but Damien grabbed his father by the shoulders and forced him back.
Jesse pulled Zane away. “I need you to wait at your car.”
