“How did they get ballistics from Zane’s service weapon ifyouhad it?” Gage asks.
Hartley cuts his eyes to Gage. “How did you know that?” Gage snorts as an answer. Hartley has to know we have our own techie in the form of my adorable, curly-haired hacker. “Whoever killed the person we assumed was Jay stole Zane’s gun to do it.”
“Impeccable work,” Leo says dryly. “Couldn’t be prouder of our local police force.”
I have to hide a smile from Leo’s sarcastic comment. “Where’s the weapon now?” I ask.
“Evidence lock up.”
“And the body?” Dex asks.
“Still with the medical examiner.”
“Is that it?” I ask. I need him gone sowe can figure out how to get ahold of this asshole helping Jay set Zane up. Is he one of the ones who got away that day?
Hartley nods, standing up. “I truly am sorry.” He strides from the room before I can comment. He actually looked…sincere. He’s still a giant douchebag, though.
“We’re going to break into evidence lock up, aren’t we?” Ryder asks with a sigh.
“Not yet. We need Steve first,” I reply with a grin. It wouldn’t be the first time we stole evidence.
“Does this put your plan on hold?” Zane asks with a raised brow.
“For now.”
If we can get information from Steve, we won’t need Gregory.
“They’re on their way back,”I tell Gage later that night after I get the text from Zane that they have him. After Doc returned to implant Ryder’s tracker, Zane, Dex, and Ryder left as soon as it got dark to grab Steve. Seeing Zane in our outfits with the mask was something I thought I would never see. Holden’s laptop is on the coffee table, all of their red dots blinking in the same place. It’s a relief that we can watch them in real-time while they’re out.
“Good,” Gage replies, kissing my head. Leo, Gage, and I are cuddled on the chaise, watching TV, trying to pass the time until they return. Holden is lying at the other end, his head propped on Leo’s thigh.
Holden standing up to Rocco was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen. I can barely do it, and Holden strutted right out there and told Rocco where he could shove his thoughts.
Thirty minutes later, I hear the garage door open, so we make our way to meet the guys in the basement. I slide on my boots and go through the first locked door. It still makes me nervous to walk through this hallway with old memories creeping up on me.
Leo wraps his arm around my shoulders. “We got you, Baby.”
When my thumb hits the last lock for the basement, I catch Holden in my peripheral vision. He’s never been down here before. I look at him in question, and he just smiles.
Taking a breath, I pull open the door to walk into the basement. Zane and Ryder are hooking Steve to the chains while Dex is uncovering my knives. My heels clicking on the floor catch their attention, and they all turn to look at me.
“How we doing this?” Ryder asks, jerking the chains, so Steve’s arms are over his head. “It will look suspicious as hell if he dies right after he arrested Zane.”
I’ve already thought about that, so I’m going to leave the decision in Zane’s hands. “This is your call. What do you know about him?”
Zane shrugs. “Not much. He’s not married. No kids. The only person I’ve ever heard him mention is an aunt.”
I look closer at Steve, trying to put him with one of the guys with a mask on. He’s the right build for one, but that’s all I have. “Do you think he’s one of them?”
“I don’t know,” Zane answers honestly. “One way to find out. If he dies, he dies. I don’t fucking care anymore.”
“This will come back on you,” Dex says to Zane.
“They won’t be able to prove it,” Zane grins, and it’s almost feral. “My woman will take care of that. Won’t she, Beautiful?”
My heart does a little flip-flop at him calling me his woman. “You know I will.” I roll my shoulders back. “Let’s do this.”
Walking over, I grab an ammonia capsule before walking back to Steve. I snap it open. “Wakey, wakey,” I sing-song, and Gage laughs. It always cracks me up that he finds that funny every single time.
