Wyatt and Luke let out a breath.“That was fucking close,” Wyatt announces.“I think we have enough to deal with.We don’t need to add on Max fucking Carter.”
I nod, sliding my phone in my pocket.“Doesn’t help with my dilemma though.”
“Let’s concentrate on this one first,” he tells me, and looks up when Jaxon walks over with Maverick.
“What is the lead?”Luke asks when Jaxon gets close.
Jaxon clears his throat.“The files that, um, Magnolia found were sent to Liam too.He’s been going through them, and last night, he found this place.”
He lowers a map and a blueprint onto the desk, spreading them out.“What are they?”I ask, sitting up.
“I think it’s an old hospital.I’m not sure.Early two-thousand, renovations began on the west wing of the building but got shut down in two-thousand and two.Before that, it was a private hospital or home of some sort.It’s unclear.The building was bought by one of Black’s alias corporations, but they never did anything with it.He may be hiding out here.Either way, it’s worth a look.”
My frown deepens as I look at Liam.“And Magnolia sent this?It was that easy?”
“Well no.The corporation was in the file she sent.When I was looking into this particular corporation, this came up as an asset.It’s not far away.Deserted.Has no close neighbours.It’s worth looking into, so I think we should go there.”
“And you think a man like Black will be laying low in an abandoned building?”
Liam straddles the chair.“Yes.Because I also found these.”He places a folder down.“The night his factory got burnt down by the twins and the two Carter kids, Black made orders for building materials.Spent a fortune actually.I think he had planned for potentially being caught.”
“It doesn’t make sense,” I surmise.
Max snorts.“And this is why you aren’t in charge.”
“Neither are you,” Maverick points out.
I roll my eyes.“I can’t be the only one who thinks it.”
“No,” Eli pipes in.“This corporation isn’t hidden.Rebecca came across it when she was snooping.”
Jaxon glances at him.“Doyouthink it’s a waste of time?This is the only lead we’ve had in months.”
“I’m not saying that.But like Reid, I feel like it doesn’t make sense.But then Black and his vendetta never have either.”
“What’s the harm in looking?”Max asks.“If he’s not there, we may find something there to give us a clue.It will at least be one more place ticked off.”
“No offence, and I mean this respectfully, but you’re new here,” I bravely tell him.“Black has been one step ahead of us the entire time.What is to say, we get there and the building fucking explodes?I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m getting sick of it.My headaches last for days, and at night, my ears still fucking ring.”
Eli, once again, backs me up.“He has a point.”
“Jesus, are you all pussies?”Max growls.
“Someone really needs to find another phrase other than that because I watched my girlfriend give birth.There is nothing weak about a pussy,” Eli remarks.
“We don’t all need to go,” Jaxon announces.“Wyatt, Eli, and Luke can stay back.Me, Reid and Isaac will go check out the building.”
“It’s huge,” Eli points out.
“And what happened to sticking together?”Wyatt argues.
Jaxon lets out a heavy breath.“This is sticking together.I’m not leaving my wife whilst we all go chasing a maybe.We need to make sure everyone is protected.”
I pull out my phone whilst they continue to talk.
REID: Hey, are you still coming to the bed and breakfast today?
SUMMER: Yes.On my way.Why?
