“Talk to me Rory.” I ignore Halliwell’s request and hit reply on the text.
Me
Stop doing shady business and I’ll stop interfering.
I’ll find you Liam, I won’t stop until I do and then, I’ll keep going until I’ve destroyed your so-called business.
I turn in my seat so I can watch Halliwell’s face, I want to see his reaction when I tell him.
“I’ve been getting messages from Liam for about the last month, telling me to back off, and stop messing with his business. The whiny little fucker thinks he can threaten me.”
“Are you serious? He’s been threatening you? Rory, why didn’t you tell me?”
“Because there isn’t a single thing we can do about it until I find him.”
“We should bring your brothers in on it, I think it’s time to clue them in.”
“No.” I leave no room for argument; he knows how I feel about this.
“I don’t have all the answers yet, they all have their own shit going on, I’m not ready to bring more misery to them. I need to know more before I drop this shit on to them.”
We pull up behind Niall’s car, cutting our conversation off.
Before we’ve even had a chance to get out of the car, Niall is out of his rounding on the passenger side. I roll down the window, I give him a chin lift. “What’s going on?”
He looks to a large, detached house at the end of the street then looks back at me. His expression full of worry. “We gotta move, the fuckers got back about fifteen minutes ago, I was just about to head in with my men.”
“Alright, get your men gathered, I’ll meet you at the door in two minutes.” Niall walks away pulling out his cell, and I turn to Halliwell as I pull out guns left in the glove box for us. Thinking he won’t want a weapon, I move to place it back in the glove box, but his hand lands on mine, stopping me then grabs the gun from me.
“You go in…I go in.”
“You’re a lawyer Halliwell, not a fucking gangster.”
“I served in the US Army for six years, I can handle a weapon. You go in, I go in.”
I smirk and give him a nod.
Getting out of the car, we give each other one last look before jogging across the street to where Niall and his men wait for us before we breach.
Chapter 16
We breach the house and split off in different directions. Niall and three of his men take the upstairs, and Halliwell, two of Niall’s men and myself, take the downstairs. We clear the rooms on either side of us, trying to be as quick and as efficient as possible.
The fuckers will know we’re here; we weren’t exactly quiet when we kicked in the front and back doors. So we need to be quick, we can’t risk them hurting those girls any more than they already have.
I’m heading into the kitchen when I hear a noise behind me. Spinning my gun raised, I let out a breath and drop my weapon when I realise it’s only Niall.
“Upstairs is clear, no sign.”
“Same, I’m just about to clear the kitchen.”
Giving me a nod, he moves to my right. The house is huge, and the kitchen is no exception. I round the left-hand side, as Niall takes the right. The kitchen is large open plan, so there really isn’t anywhere to hide. I shake my head then look over to Niall who gives a chin lift toward a cupboard door.
I furrow my brows, and make my way over to him, he points to it and whispers “Basement’
“Really?”
“Yeah…together?”
