“The store clerk called 9-1-1. You know Kenwood is going to demand answers when he gets here.”
Lana nodded toward the envelope in her hand as she continued to hold her daughter. Rocky leaned down with a glove on and took the envelope out of her hand and placed it in her pocket on her duty vest.
Several seconds later, she heard sirens and screeching tires as she continued to soothe her shaking daughter. Rocky helped her to stand up with her daughter still latched onto her and walked over to their SUV.
“Lana!”
Well fuck! So much for the hope Jayson hadn’t heard about the incident just yet. Seconds after hearing him scream her name, she and Dani were engulfed in his own shaking embrace.
“We’re okay. Rocky had Dani in the store. I’m fine. I promise.”
“There were reports of shots fired,” Jayson murmured into her hair.
“Only one. I shot my gun at Angelo’s motorcycle tire and took out his bike. His buddy aimed to shoot me, but Angelo blocked his shot,” Lana admitted to him.
“I can’t breathe, Daddy,” Dani croaked into her neck.
“Sorry, baby girl.”
“Baby, go with Auntie Sunny for a minute. I need to talk to Daddy and your other aunties privately for a minute.”
“You’re not going away, are you?”
Dani’s question, in her scared voice, broke Lana’s heart. She moved Dani so that the little girl could see her face.
“I’m not going anywhere. Pinky promise. I just need to talk to Daddy and your aunties for a minute. You can watch us from your seat in the car, okay?”
“Okay.”
Lana nodded at Cullen and Sunny, who walked up and took the little girl’s hand. When Lana and Jayson moved a step to the side, Rocky and her sergeant joined them, along with Jayson’s brother Ryan, Hollywood, and Swift.
“Lana…”
“I’m okay. I promise. Angelo called me. I think he was warning me because he was taunting me but not answering my questions. When he called, he acted like his informant gave him my number. He allowed me to hear his location, knowing I’d be listening to the background sounds. He let me shoot out his motorcycle tire. He could have easily taken me out. When he laid his bike down, he took his saddlebags but left something for me that I can’t read here. His partner could have killed me with one shot, but Angelo ran in front of the gun to jump on his bike and told him to haul ass. We need to get away from here to look at what he left for me.”
CHAPTER
THIRTY-SIX
Lana looked past their small group to the hustle and bustle going on around them. There was something about the whole exchange that kept bugging her.
“You said he was the demolitions expert on your Delta Force team, right?” Lana looked over at Jayson in thought.
Something about the way he kept calling her captain and brought up Jayson. How did he know about them, much less kept calling her by her military rank?
There was something she was missing and until she got Dani settled down and had time to calm her own nerves, she didn’t think she’d be able to think straight.
“Let’s get back to the house. Swift, you have the bug detectors with you, right?”
“Yep. I’ll check Jayson’s house for them and vid cams when we get back there. Once we’ve cleared everything, we can go forth and make sure all windows are secure and that the cameras are set up outside the house, front and back, while we do some more digging.”
“Alright, Ryan, I’m putting you and Jayson in charge of food tonight. I was going to cook for everyone, but let’s just ordersix large pepperoni and sausage pizzas. Grab some beer or wine while you’re at it.”
“What are you going to do, babe?” Jayson asked, pulling her back into his arms.
“Get Dani calmed down at the house, along with Jay. I know he’s probably heard about what’s happened from your parents by now, so I know his reaction is going to be worse than Dani’s.”
“I’ll have Mom and Dad bring him to the house so that you can talk to him with you and Dani there. Once he sees you guys are okay, he’ll be fine. Ryan just placed an order for the pizzas so it should be ready by the time we get there. I’ll grab the beers and meet you back at the house.”
