Once they left, I breathed a sigh of relief. I was tired of talking about the events of the day and my entire body hurt. I just wanted to go to sleep.
“Are you okay?” Grant asked.
“Yeah, I’m fine. I mean, as fine as I can be. I’m just tired, and to be honest, I want to go home.”
“Try to get some sleep. You don’t need to stay awake on my account.”
“What about Kalen? Is he staying here with me tonight?” I asked. I didn’t like the thought of him spending the night somewhere else, but I also knew I wouldn’t be able to care for him.
“He can if you want him to,” Grant said. “Or he can spend the night at the clubhouse with Landon. It’s up to you.”
“It’d probably be better for him to stay at the clubhouse. Is that okay with you?” I asked Landon.
“Of course it is. I’m here to help and happy to do whatever you think’s best.”
“Thank you,” I said and tried to stop the tears filling my eyes.
“Oh, B, don’t cry. We’ll be fine. It’s only for one night, and you’ll be there tomorrow,” he reassured me.
“I know,” I said and carefully wiped the tears from my swollen cheeks.
“I’ll text you when we get there and call you to check in before I go to bed,” he promised.
“Thank you,” I said and yawned.
Once they were gone, I scooted over so Grant could get in the bed beside me and promptly fell asleep.
20
GAME
Blakely had an uneventful night at the hospital and was cleared to go home around lunchtime the next day.
“Why did Copper ask me not to say anything about the guns?” she asked once we were on our way to the clubhouse.
“To keep you out of trouble. You couldn’t be held responsible if you didn’t know about them,” I explained.
She was quiet for a few minutes before she asked her next question. “What do you think Hook was looking for?”
“I honestly have no idea. If I had to guess, I’d say drugs or money.”
“Yeah, that’s what I was thinking too. But we went through all of Ben’s stuff, and we didn’t find anything like that. So, whatever it is, I don’t have it.”
“I think the only way we’re going to find out what he was looking for is to find your brother,” I said.
“How can one person be so hard to find?” she asked.
“Hopefully, the police will be able to locate him,” I said, though I didn’t think they would have much more luck than we did. I didn’t want to mention it to her since I didn’t have anything concrete to go on, but I had a feeling we couldn’t find Ben because he was dead. And if I had to guess, I’d say Hook killed him. Either that, or he had fled to somewhere far away and had no intention of coming back.
When we arrived at the clubhouse, Copper asked me to come to his office after Blakely was settled in my room.
“Do you know someone by the name of Dani Summers?” he asked without preamble.
“Yes, she’s my niece, but I haven’t seen or spoken to her in years. Why?” I asked. I assumed he wanted to talk to me about the situation with Blakely and was caught off guard by his question.
Copper cleared his throat. “I had Spazz do some more research on Hook after what happened yesterday. I also called Boar to see what he knew about RFG. Your niece, Dani, was Hook’s girlfriend.”
“You have got to be kidding me,” I said in disbelief.
