Lana looked up at the ceiling and let everything she’d just learned roll around in her head. The questions that kept rolling around in her mind were who Jayme and Ashley connected to and why they were trying to start a turf war with the Sorianos.
They didn’t even have a chapter in North Carolina, so why get their attention to start a blood bath between all the MCs. What was their end game?
“Ryan, we need to bring Jayme in to interrogate her. I know she’s your wife, but she knows more than we realize. She’s been having an affair with Ellers, plus we know she’s had a sexual relationship with Roderic. She’s playing a game she won’t win, and they will cost a lot of innocent lives to die in the crossfire.”
“Do what you have to do.” Ryan sighed heavily, rubbing his face with his hands.
CHAPTER
FORTY-NINE
Lana and her team came up with a game plan. They figured if they went now, Ellers nor Roderic would be the wiser.
Sgt. Buller, Sunny, Cullen, and Swift were going to Ryan’s house to bring Jayme into the department. Lana, Rocky, Hollywood, Jayson, and Ryan were monitoring the streets for anyone watching the house and the airwaves in case Jayme got a call out.
Lana had to admit she was worried about Ryan, now that he knew his wife had used him to cover her tracks. She still couldn’t understand why the Kenwood brothers were targeted.
The fact both men served in the military shouldn’t make them a target like it has. Both men are law enforcement but serve different agencies and areas.
Everything comes back to the fact both men served under Hubbard. While they were on separate teams, Hubbard was both of their X.O.’s.
Lana pulled out her phone and dialed her sometimes X.O.’s number. She needed answers, and fast.
“Lana, we don’t have you on assignment, so why are you calling at this ungodly hour disturbing my much-needed beauty sleep?”
“Aww, Trevor, we both know you could sleep for days, and it wouldn’t help that ugly mug of yours.” Lana laughed into the phone.
“Ouch, Pennington. If I had feelings, that would have hurt. What do you want?”
“The file intel has on Colonel Hubbard. We have our own file from when he was arrested, but I need the military file they have on him. He’s in the wind after his civilian attorney helped get him released. I also understand that a JAG officer is now declared AWOL. The same one that had been friends with him and helped the civilian attorney get him released on bail.”
“Hubbard is in the wind?”
Lana heard the change in Trevor’s voice at that bit of news. He never liked Hubbard, and she never understood why.
“Yeah. He got released three days ago and ditched his shadow an hour or two later. He’s been in the wind since.”
“Well, shit. Guess my gut instinct on the JAG lawyers so called suicide was correct. I’ll have to let the big boss know now.”
“JAG officer committed suicide?”
Lana gasped at the news Trevor just gave her. Should she call her captain with that news?
“Yeah. JAG officer Lt. Redman was found with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. No note. The whole thing felt off to me,” Trevor admitted to Lana.
“Send me everything that you have. I’ll look at it. I need Hubbard’s file, too. Even the one you got from the C.I.A.”
“You’ll have it within the hour. Be safe, Lana. Hubbard is extremely dangerous.”
“I’m aware. I’m the one who took him down,” Lana reminded Trevor.
“Why do you need his files?”
Lana thought about whether she should admit her thoughts to Trevor. She knew she needed fresh eyes on this situation.
Lana laid out her thoughts and theories. When Trevor asked questions during the process, she answered them.
If she had not thought of something before the questions, she wrote it down for a later brainstorming session. It was why they worked so well together.
