“Since you gave Jake the test results, he’s been determined to uncover who laced that stuff Mikey smoked. Add to that it was someone who knew what they were doing, and Noah added five and nine together and came up with 115, which led him to the people in those shade houses.”
Noah made a sound like he was in pain when Tex finished talking. “Well, aren’t you just a Chatty Cathy now you’ve woken up! “Get in the car, Geldermans, or so help me God, I’m hurting one of you.”
The Texans muttered something unfavorable and climbed in.
“What’s going on, Noah?”
“Nothing. Go back to bed.”
She moved to stand between him and the driver door.
“Move, Lani.”
“Are you going to break into that place?”
He didn’t speak, just stared at her.
“I can’t believe you’d be that reckless.”
“Says the woman who has been recklessly running from town to town for four years.”
Heat filled Lani’s cheeks. “That’s different.”
“Possibly, but I’ve made up my mind, so move, or I’ll move you.”
Lani wasn’t a rash decision maker, couldn’t afford to be. Okay, so she’d run that night and not stopped, but since then she’d carefully planned each move she’d made. Each destination was thoroughly thought through. Clearly she wasn’t thinking with her usual accuracy right at this moment.
“What are you doing?”
“Coming with you.” Lani ran around the hood and got in the back seat beside Brad.
“No.” Noah walked to the door she’d just slammed and tried to wrench it open. He failed because she’d locked it. “Open the door.”
“No.”
“Brad, open the door.”
“An extra pair of eyes can only help, Noah.”
The security lights showed her he was furious. His eyes narrowed as he bent to glare at her through the window.
“You—” He jabbed at the glass hard.
“That had to hurt,” Tex said.
“—are a fucking liability.”
“That was harsh and rude. Lady present, bud,” Brad added.
Noah stalked around the car and got in the driver side, slamming the door behind him. He then fired up the car and crawled out of the lane behind the shops.
“That was a letdown,” Tex said.
“What?” Noah snapped at him.
“I thought you’d burn rubber out of here.”
“Mr. and Mrs. Milden are sleeping above their shop at the moment while they renovate.” The words were clipped and cold.
