‘The Heath is gone,’ I can’t help but correct.
He ignores me, gets to his feet, and moves away quickly, stalking across the hangar.
I regard him almost thoughtfully. I’m angry, but I'll feel it later. Now, I want a clear head and to gather as much information as I can get while I have the opportunity. These are questions I’ve needed the answers to for a long time, and he’s very chatty when he’s anxious, apparently.
‘Did you kill my father too?’ I call after him.
He looks surprised when he turns back, then laughs.
‘That was all John. I was there, though. Hid in the back of his car. Saw how he did it. Pretty good job for a guy who hated science. I just thought he wanted the insurance. Then he up and married April, and I realized what he’d done it for—to get your father out of the picture.’
He snorts. ‘Always thinking with his dick.’
He taps the side of his head. ‘That’s where he and I are different.’
‘What about your dad and Joseph?’ I say. ‘Another Andy Special?’
‘No. Actually.’
He lets out a chuckle, like it’s a joke, but it seems forced.
He doesn’t elaborate.
‘I don’t get it,’ I say. ‘Why did you try to kill Jack? Why the fires and the bombs in the lab? The car that tried to run me down atRichmond U?’
‘I’ve had a copy of Shade’s phone for years. I saw everything. All the messages you sent to your boyfriends. If you’d just married Joe, none of this would have happened. But you just had to cause a problem. As usual. So, I decided to cause problems for you and all the people you care about.’
He tilts his head to the side a little. ‘The bomb was…an oversight on my part. It was bigger than I expected.’
‘And the car that tried to kill me?’ I ask.
He gives me a cold smile. ‘Not me, but you’re so fucking annoying that I can’t be the only person out there who hates you enough to want you dead.’
I ignore the barb, filing the information away for later, hoping I find a way to get out of this.
‘And the others?’ I ask. ‘What did you do to cause problems for them?’
‘I made sure Pop didn’t give anything to Jack in his will.’
Andy chuckles a little. ‘It wasn’t hard to convince him. It was even easier to get Richmond U to do what I wanted regarding Maverick Shaw. They’ll do just about anything for the right price and making sure you guys lost your precious lab was the cherry on top. Genius, if I do say so myself. So simple.’
‘What about Blake?’ I ask. ‘What did you do to him?’
Now, Andy throws back his head and genuinely laughs. ‘Who do you think had Kormak sell the debt to the cartel?’
I think my shock shows because his snickers echo through the hangar.
‘Those fuckers are animals. The shit they make Blake do for them. I’ll bet he kills himself over the guilt soon.’
My fists clench, anger finally making it through the numbness. ‘Fuck you, Andy.’
‘Not my thing, sis. I’m not my brother.’
‘So, why are we here?’ I ask, changing tack and keeping my emotions in check. ‘Who are we waiting for?’
He doesn’t say anything. Instead, he goes to the door and looks out.
I pull at my bindings, keeping an eye on him, but they’re too tight and I can’t budge them.
