Mikkel answered in two rings. “Hello?”
“Where’s Noah?” Kaj demanded, skipping pleasantries entirely.
“Who’s this?”
“Kaj Larsen.”
“Oh, hey…” the private investigator said.
“He called you. What did he say?”
“Look, Kaj—”
“Don’t. Just tell me what you know.”
There was a beat of silence, then a sharp intake of air. “Since we found out who the stalker is, Niels told me to deep dive and keep tabs on him. And although I can’t deny this guy is good, I’m no newbie at this either.”
“Cut to the chase.”
“I’ve been keeping track of his every move.”
“So?”
Mikkel sighed. “Yesterday afternoon, Noah called and forwarded me two emails and… a video. He was really pissed.”
“That’s…” That was when he conveniently got hungry and went to buy the pizzas they never ended up eating. “And now? You know where he is now?”
“I have an idea, but I could track his phone to confirm it.”
“Don’t bother. He left it here.”
“Well, that also kinda confirms it.”
“What do you mean?”
There was another pause. “I know where Jesper lives.”
“What?” Kaj’s voice came out strangled, making Mads’s brows furrow with concern. “You gave him his address?”
“He asked, and I had no reason to say no. You guys are paying me to have all this information.”
“What the fuck?” Kaj’s nostrils flared. He had no idea what Jesper sent Noah yesterday, but it must have been bad.Reallybad if he was willing to confront him. “Give me the address.”
Kaj wrote down the address Mikkel dictated and hung up the phone.
Clenching his fists on the counter, Kaj dropped his head between his shoulders and sucked in a deep breath. He was not ready to see Jesper again. Just thinking about it had bile crawling up his throat. But he also couldn’t let Noah do this alone. Not when he was doing it on his behalf.
“What happened?” Mads asked.
“I… I don’t know what Jesper sent Noah yesterday, but it got him in a really strange mood, and the private detective we’d hired just told me he gave him his address.”
“Oh, shit.”
Kaj raised his head. “What?”
“Look, I… I don’t know what he received or didn’t receive. Noah didn’t get into that much detail, b-but… he said something…”
“What did he say, Mads?”
