Elizabeth rattled off a text to Ethan.
‘EJ, out of curiosity, what would happen if I took another good partner away from Alex, and stuck him with say…Axl?’
It didn’t take him long to reply, and it was exactly what she expected.
‘Due to his past, he’ll take it as a loss, and feel like he’s lost something deeply personal. He’ll revert back to how he normally behaves, and blame himself for the whole thing. Basically, he’d bottom out. I’ve already recommended he not be partner jumpedagain, after what happened with Noah. Is something wrong?’
Oh, he could say that.
She showed the men, and Gene whistled.
“So, we make one man happy, and the other suffers either way on this?”
She nodded.
“Now, I’m going to have to rip that out from under him, and deal with the fallout.”
And that sucked.
“Will he be okay?”
She wasn’t sure. That was going to be her issue later when she told him. Out of the two men, Corbin’s trauma was bigger, and she had to prioritize it.
Like at a mass casualty event, you helped the more injured person first.
Corbin had the deeper scars.
“Send out an alert. I want to meet the detectives, and Alex in the restaurant downstairs for dinner and an update. Hopefully, by then, Chris will have some DNA, and I’ll know my next move.”
Because tonight was going to suck.
Bet.
On.
That.
* * *The Blackhawk Family* * *
Washington, D.C.
Residential Area
Monday Evening
Like he’d planned, Lewis had caught the flight, and landed in DC not that long ago.
It was smooth flying, and now, he was going to have to do the harder part of the job.
Checking on a person who was on the edge. Oh, he knew Axelle, and if she was in a freefall, there were other problems.
While it was weird driving down the street on this block, it brought back memories.
Good and bad ones.
He’d spent quite a while with Axelle George as her boyfriend, in a relationship that hadn’t been planned, but occurred out of love.
They’d had a good run.
