“Is it about Ramon?”
He could tell her anything he wanted to say, but Kenna wasn’t going to take it at face value at this point. “Any idea if he’s all right?”
“You mean was his mission to infiltrate my team successful? You could say that. He’s been pretty helpful.”
“Great.” Kenna tried not to sound sarcastic. “If you don’t need him, you could always cut him loose.”
“Did you have that baby yet?”
She ignored his question. “That isn’t what I want to talk to you about. Listen, you know I respect you guys. I’m usually all in on whatever you’re doing, even if it isn’t how I’d go about solving a problem. But this time, I think you guys might have gone too far.”
“What are you talking about?”
“We have an eyewitness who identified one of your guys as a kidnapper. A twelve-year-old, her mother, and her two-year-old brother. Want to tell me what that’s about?”
Bear said, “Someone saw them?”
“Yeah, I’d be pretty unhappy as well if someone on my team was so sloppy.” Never mind that they’d committed a crime. They’d also given Ellayna access to a phone so she could call Kenna that one time, keeping her on the search, but not in the past few days. What was going on?
“That’s not what I meant.”
“I’d love to hear an explanation, Bear. A family is missing, and you’re the only lead we have to the perpetrators.”
“Stress isn’t good for the baby.”
“And working a case is?”
Zeyla got up, shoving aside the blanket and going to the coffeepot. She checked under the lid, then hit the button.
“Where are they?” Kenna gripped the phone when she’d rather throw it across the RV. But that would wake up Jax.
Zeyla downed a tall glass of water, ducked her head into the fridge, and came out with a banana.
Bear said, “I think it’s your job to find them, isn’t it?”
“You sent your people to shoot at my family, and you think you can just distract me? I know you’re behind this. Tell me where you are, and we can meet up. Hash this out.” She knew Bear well enough to be certain that something else was going on.
She just had no idea what it was.
“I’m nowhere near you and too busy to make the trip.”
“Whoever is here, tell them I want a face-to-face. I expect answers and cooperation.” Otherwise, she was well within her rights to tell law enforcement who they were and how to find them. The MSI operatives here in Salt Lake City would be the subject of a manhunt by police and FBI agents looking for kidnapped victims. There was nowhere they could hide without some serious help.
It made her think of the president and the disastrous call that had been. So what if she was busy? Yeah, she was the president. Why would shenotbe busy? But this was life or death for that family, and some things were more important than politics.
Actually, there were plenty of things that were more important than politics.
It’s too early for this.
“Tell your people here that I want to talk.”
Bear said, “Just follow the leads you have and find that family, Kenna.” He hung up.
Kenna rolled her eyes and dropped the phone in her lap. “Well, that was pointless.”
Zeyla looked over, in the middle of pouring her coffee. “You thought he’d just admit they’re behind the kidnapping?”
“I don’t understand any of this.”
